The old man smiled and waved his hands, looking at Chujiu who was stammering.
"Master, you are so stupid! I don't have a lot of age. You should just call me Mr. Xu! It's more complicated based on seniority."
There were countless mysteries in my mind along the way. I thought that after arriving at the department, I would get the answers one by one. But when Xu Yizheng and Mr. Xu appeared in front of me, I didn't know where to start.
I sat quietly on the chair, not knowing what to say, let alone how to speak. Instead, Chujiu gathered around Mr. Xu scratching and looking.
"I'm not a monster, do you need to surround me like this?"
Mr. Xu gave Chujiu a slap on the butt, doting on him as if he were slapping his own grandson.
"Qin Feng is still calm and collected. Do you know why I called you?"
I shook my head, and Chujiu also returned to the chair and sat down safely, staring at Mr. Xu, waiting for the next step.
"Your grandfather is missing."
"What?"
"What?"
Chujiu and I exclaimed in unison again and accidentally knocked over the chair.
Wan Li, who was outside the door, pushed open the door and rushed in. After seeing us, he walked out with a silly smile on his face.
"It can't be said that they are missing. It can only be said that the people we sent out did not find them."
Mr. Xu briefly told us the process of the matter. A week ago, the red phone on the department desk rang. It was a special phone and only so many people could call in.
Mr. Xu answered the phone. The person on the other end of the phone was Qin De, my grandfather. He told him an address and said that he and Jira would be here first. I'm afraid the department would need to deal with the aftermath.
Mr. Xu asked what the matter was. If it was not necessary, the department's power would not be used. Qin De said on the phone: "The definite news is that a python transformed into a dragon to overcome the tribulation."
Mr. Xu knew the importance of this matter, although his friend Lao Li had never told him exactly what happened.
He still vaguely knew that the two generations of master and apprentice had been looking for something for so many years. The last time he saw Lao Li was the Sichuan zombie incident. Lao Li told Mr. Xu that this thing was related to
their fate.
Mr. Xu did not use a lot of force, but only called a team of local soldiers to carry out the task according to the lowest level standards.
After arriving at the destination, judging from the reactions of the villagers, something abnormal had indeed occurred here. After preliminary exploration, the problem area was roughly found. However, no trace of the tribulation was found within a radius of dozens of miles, and even Qin De and
Traces of the two of Gila.
When he said this, Mr. Xu stopped, stretched his hands to the edge of the stove, and rubbed his hands.
When Mr. Xu was talking, I kept staring at him. I knew clearly in my heart that he had something more important that he didn't say.
But after all, he is a person of the same rank as my master, and I am not qualified to ask about things that he does not want to talk about.
Chujiu was quiet and didn't speak, looking at me. I shook my head in embarrassment. The information I got so far was not enough for me to analyze any results.
"Mr. Xu, this matter is related to my grandfather's life. Do you have any other news?"
I vaguely told Mr. Xu that there should be something important, but he didn't tell me.
Mr. Xu looked at me, his face was a little embarrassed, and he sighed.
"Phoenix blood, have you ever heard of it? Over the years, I guess your grandfather and his master are looking for this treasure. Part of the reason why I care about it is selfish. This treasure can let me live longer.
At this time, my successor is not mature enough and has not grown up enough to be able to take charge on his own. It will take some time."
I shook my head and looked away from Mr. Xu's face. He didn't lie to me, let alone a person in his position. There was no need to lie to me. I had never heard of phoenix blood, let alone knew its effects.
Already.
Seeing my silence, Mr. Xu seemed to have already guessed the result. He said that he had collected some information in this area and could lend it to me for research in the future.
"What about this letter from grandpa?" I continued to ask.
Mr. Xu looked embarrassed again. His hands were trembling by the stove.
"Hey, I was afraid that you wouldn't come, so I asked Wan Li to bring this letter. Although your grandfather and Chujiu's grandfather are not directly under the department, they still ask for help if there are problems in some areas. After they disappeared, I
We can only look for their successors to take over the job."
Seeing that I didn't speak, I was still staring at him. Mr. Xu coughed twice and said that he was nagging as he got older. This letter was handed over to him by a villager in the village, and it was not written by my grandfather in person.
"Mr. Xu, please tell me the specific information you have so far."
I was extremely anxious. The python transforming into a dragon to overcome the tribulation should be the code name of a supernatural event. There are no dragons in this world at all. This is what my grandfather told me when I was a child. But I am still worried that my grandfather will be in danger.
"For the specific situation, you'd better listen to the eyewitness accounts. An old farmer happened to go into the mountain at that time and witnessed everything. I heard him say it again and found nothing useful. I can't go into the mountain with my body."
After speaking, Mr. Xu greeted Wan Li and asked him to invite the witness villager over.
After a while, Wan Li brought an old man who looked about 60 years old into the house.
Mr. Xu greeted the old man with a smile and asked him to come around and warm up together by the fire. Mr. Xu told us that the old man also had a surname of Xu and had been a soldier when he was young.
The old man didn't seem to know Mr. Xu's identity. He only knew that he was in the army. After calling the old squad leader, he came over and sat down around the stove.
Mr. Xu asked Wan Li to inform the kitchen to prepare an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks.
"Grandpa Xu, you have a very strong body. Can you tell us in detail what you saw when you went into the mountain? This is very important to us!"
The old man named Xu heard my question and readily agreed. He seemed to have a clean and tidy character.
Five days ago, the old man came back from hunting in the mountains with two pheasants on his back. When he walked to the mountainside, he suddenly heard the roar of thunder. The old man even said to himself that thunder in winter is louder than in summer.
.
But with this thunder, thousands of birds suddenly flew out of the mountain forest. These birds seemed to be frightened and flew wildly into the distance.
Then there was another thunder, and several wolves and wild boars ran out of the woods. The old man was so frightened that he hid behind a big tree and raised the shotgun in his hand.
But the strange thing is that these wolves and wild boars ran past the old man without attacking him or even looking at him. They were trying their best to escape from this place, as if there were wild beasts chasing them behind them.