Chapter 258 Procrastination
Chapter 258
Five days later, Su Taoyi finally got the news, saying that he had found someone who thought he knew ancient Tibetan in an antique shop. But this man asked for a high price and opened his mouth for 200,000 yuan. But he is still a fierce character and has also participated in the work of tomb robbery.
Uncle Tai passed the news to Xue Tianqi, but Xue Tianqi was very happy and immediately agreed to all his requests.
The man's name is Tang Dayuan, in his forties. He is a small owner of an antique shop. He usually likes to study ancient Tibetan literature, and he has made great achievements over time.
Tang Dayuan got the down payment of 200,000 yuan and immediately rushed to Tibet. Xue Tianqi also made another arrangement. Xue Xiaobao took hundreds of people to a grassland according to the address given by his fourth uncle. Everyone was puzzled, but no one dared to ask more. I remember that the place I went last time was the no man's land in the Gobi Desert. Now it's the same as the last time. I can't see anyone within a hundred miles.
Xue Xiaobao is also puzzled. The scenery here is good, but it is really not the entrance to the ancient tomb. He remembered that Meng Pangzi said that the ancient tomb was in the valley, and this was an endless grassland. But there are indeed several mountains in the distance.
Xue Xiaobao looked at the mountains in the distance. Xiao Quan came to him and followed his eyes to the mountains in the distance. He said to himself, "Where is it?"
"Xiaobao, that's us..."
"I don't know." Xue Xiaobao said and walked to the off-road vehicle. After getting into the car, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Everyone is inexplicably at a loss. Is it a camp? It's still a temporary break. Everyone didn't understand and began to suspect.
Old Zhang went to Xue Xiaobao, but when he saw that he was sleeping, he didn't ask again. In a blink of an eye, it was getting dark, and old man Zhang ordered people to camp on the spot.
As soon as other families saw the Zhang family camp, they followed suit one after another. Xue Xiaobao never got out of the car and didn't even eat dinner. No one dared to call him. At first, Min Jing wanted to call him to eat, but he was stopped by Old Zhang.
"Lao Zhang, what do you think Xue Xiaobao means?" Min Jing sat by the bonfire, leaning against the dried meat.
"What else can it mean? Let's go to the destination. It's just that Xue Xiaobao is waiting for someone to answer. We'd better not ask. He's annoyed now. Old man Zhang said with a smile.
Min Jing hesitated and said, "Will we be fooled by the Xue family like last time? I remember that on the last trip to the Western Regions, everyone was calculated by Xue Tianqi. We'd better be careful."
"In fact, this trip is different from the past. The Qin family wants to use us to hold back Xue Tianqi, and Xue Tianqi also wants us to hold back the Qin family. So we are both beneficial and harmful to them. It's not what you think." Old man Zhang said.
"Oh, that's it." Min Jing thought for a moment and said, "Then shall we reach an agreement with one of them so as not to be preempted by other families?"
"No hurry, no hurry. The Qin family will take the initiative to find us. Just wait. Old man Zhang took a sip of wine.
Min Jing was still talking, but Xiao Quan came over and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, don't you drink alone? Come on, the younger generation will compensate you for a few drinks.
"Okay, come on, take a sip to warm up first. It's really cold at night in Tibet. Old man Zhang said.
"Yes, the colder one is still behind." Xiao Quan said, looking up at the mountain in the distance.
Old man Zhang smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao has something to say."
"Ha ha, Zhang always understands people. Why do you need to ask knowingly?" Xiao Quan said with a smile.
"Hahaha, you young descendants are better than each other. It's time for us old people to give way. This is the world of your young people. I won't come out to participate in your affairs in the future." Old man Zhang took a sip of wine and sighed.
He can't help but think of the scene of fighting fiercely with Xue Batian when he was young in the past. Isn't it like this? He fought and robbed for his family and his future. Looking back now, it seems to be right in front of me.
"I'm old. I'm really old." Old man Zhang said to himself and drank one after another.
Seeing this, Xiao Quan sighed and said, "Sir, can you tell the story of your youth so that we can learn from it."
"Haha, okay, I'll tell you about the Battle of Wushan today." When old man Zhang talked about this, his temperament changed in vain, as if he were much younger.
The Battle of Wushan is a secret operation among the twelve gates. Of course, after many years, it is no longer a secret.
Old man Zhang's storytelling soon attracted a lot of people. Because they all want to know something about the older generation, especially those things that are related to their own family.
With Mr. Zhang's story, everyone understood. It turned out that the wife of one of the twelve gates was robbed by the local people in Wushan. At that time, the twelve gates were very united and did not want to be so chaotic now. Hearing the news, Twelve Men organized the assassination. The person who robbed the bride is a local bully. He was born with a "beard" and has always been arrogant. And the wife he robbed was also a local and knew him. In that bloody battle, Xue Batian was also present. According to the number of people killed, old man Zhang ranked first, killing a total of seven people. And the woman was rescued unscathed.
Listening to the old man Zhang's description of his murder, everyone couldn't help but feel that the old man was a murderer without blinking an eye. Everyone warned themselves in their hearts that they must stay away from the old guy if they have nothing to do. Everyone should be wary of Mr. Zhang.
The next morning. Xue Xiaobao woke up and found something to fill his stomach.
"Hey, everyone, get up. I have something to say." Xue Xiaobao said in a loud voice.
It's already dawn, and many people are not suitable for the plateau climate and it is difficult to fall asleep. At this time, when he heard that Xue Xiaobao was going to announce something, he hurried to inform the masters.
After a while, Xue Xiaobao saw that the people had almost arrived, so he said, "The place where we are staying now is that I want to come. You have also seen it. This is the situation. It's such a thing. It's not too late for you to go back now."
"Master Xue, what do you mean by that?" Min Jing asked.
"What do you mean? It's very simple. Aren't you going to come to Tibet with me? Now you are at the station. You can stay or leave. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. I have done what I promised you. Xue Xiaobao shirked all the responsibilities.
"Master Xue, you brought us here. There must be someone to talk about. The endless prairie, can't you take us to see the scenery?"
"Yes, there is always a saying when you come all the way."
Someone takes the lead, and naturally some people follow. But then again, it's really inappropriate for Xue Xiaobao to do this.
"Oh! Did I ask you to come? You insisted on following me. Xue Xiaobao said disdainfully.
"Well, let's follow Master Xue. I'd like to see how long Master Xue can stay here."
"Cut! I won the army..." Xue Xiaobao grinned and shouted.
"Hey! If you eat one bite at a bite, you have to go step by step. You can't eat fat people in one bite, and you can't kill others in one step. At this time, Old Man Zhang stood up to relieve the siege and said, "Since Master Xue brought us here, there is naturally his reason. Let's wait."
Everyone understood what Mr. Zhang said, that is to say, calm down, don't worry, don't force it. Let nature take its course and see what kind of medicine is sold in Xue Xiaobao's gourd.
Xue Xiaobao hates old man Zhang. Originally, he wanted to provoke these people, and it would be better to provoke some people, but he didn't expect that the old guy broke his good thinking. Xue Xiaobao had no choice but to go back to the car and continue to sleep.
Old man Zhang smiled meaningfully and muttered, "This little guy really has some ability to provoke us with the method of excitement. Ha ha, little guy, you are still too young.
Xue Xiaoao's plan was recognized by old man Zhang, but they did not give up. When he had lunch again, he suddenly became embarrassed and said that he was going to live in the city.
Everyone was not expressing their opinions, but turned their eyes to Old Zhang.
"Then let's go to the city to live. We really want to go to the city to buy some supplies." Old man Zhang said.
Xue Xiaobao nodded and said nothing more. After lunch, he got into the car and went to bed again. In short, it took five days to sleep after eating. Xue Tianqi finally sent someone here. Of course, everyone knows that this person is the contact. Xue Xiaobao knew him and met this person beside the fourth uncle, but he didn't know his name.
"Master Xiaobao, the fourth master has instructions for you to delay for a few days anyway." The man said.
"Okay, you go back first." After Xue Xiaobao finished speaking, he walked to them and shouted, "I said a few days ago that I would go to the city for a few days, and you all agreed. You can just buy something you need." After Xue Xiaobao finished speaking, he got into the car again.
Everyone hurriedly packed up their things and got into the car, but the Xia family and the Ma family cleaned up very slowly, as if deliberately procrastinating the time.
Xue Xiaobao left in the most timely manner, and the rest followed. After walking for a long time, Old Zhang found that something was wrong. The boy seemed to be playing with the tiger away from the mountain. He hurriedly ordered someone to stop, and then got out of the car to look at the car behind him.
"No, there are a lot of cars missing?" Old man Zhang saw the problem at a glance.
"Sir, we also feel a little strange. We haven't seen the Xia family and the Ma family's motorcade." The driver next to Mr. Zhang said.
"What? Didn't the Xia family and the Ma family follow? Old man Zhang frowned and asked.
"Yes, they packed their things slowly and fell to the end. At that time, everyone was very panicked and didn't pay attention to them. But after walking for so long, I haven't seen the motorcade of the two families. The driver said.
"Little bastard. As expected, the tiger left the mountain and deliberately procrastinated. It seems that the Xia family and the Ma family are the same as Xue Xiaobao. Old man Zhang said.
"Sir, shall we go back?" The driver said.
"No, let's follow Xue Xiaobao, a little bastard." Old man Zhang had a gloomy face. After saying that, he got into the car, picked up the satellite phone and called.