Bashang, which is a geographical term, specifically refers to the area formed by the steep rise of the grassland.
At the junction of the North China Plain and the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the terrain rises successively into steps, so it is called the Bashang Plateau.
Since ancient times, this place has been a summer resort, and one hundred kilometers to the south is Chengde.
But everything has two sides. In winter, the meadow turns into a snowfield. The north wind on the snow field is like a sharp knife for bone picking.
Two weeks ago, Cao Yusheng came back here.
The old house of the Cao family was originally a scar on the meadow. In its heyday, the family had nearly 10,000 people, and the house had no plans.
Fifteen years ago, a fire burned more than half of this place, and more than half of it was burned to death, but Cao Yusheng rebuilt and rebuilt it, creating an opportunity.
Today's Cao's old house has changed its appearance, all black tiles and white walls, following the Jiugong Bureau, clean and tidy.
It's a pity that no matter how good the house is, the location is still too remote, and young people don't like to stay.
There are only a group of old people who are still guarding, and they still live in sparsely populated areas, with few families.
Cao Yusheng never dreamed that he would become an empty-nest old man just after turning fifty.
My wife passed away ten years ago, and my son is studying in the UK. It is said that he will not come back this year for the Chinese New Year.
It's such a bad day.
Fortunately, Lin Shuo found something for him to do so that he would not be too idle.
That is to inform the Liemen families, large and small, all over the world, that the Liemen's once-in-a-century peer covenant will be renewed at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains and by the Qinghai Lake on the day the dragon raises its head next year.
This is a big deal, Cao Yusheng has been very busy recently.
People don't think about it when they are busy. In the past few days, Cao Yusheng has been in a better mood.
But he was busy, and when he thought about the current situation of the Cao family, Cao Yusheng couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.
Three hundred years ago, during the peer alliance ceremony, the head of the family at that time, Cao Guanzhong, was born. From then on, the Cao family became one of the great masters of the Liemen.
But now, my family knows about my own family affairs. Fifteen years ago, the main line of the Cao family was cut off, not to mention everyone died, and the inheritance was also destroyed.
The abilities that Cao Yusheng possessed now are only a small part of what was inherited from the main line of the Cao family in the past. It's fine to frighten laymen, but if it's put on the peer alliance ceremony, it probably won't be able to control the situation.
Originally, there was still Fan Ping'an, and with this old boxer as his guardian, at least he wouldn't lose too much on the scene.
But when Lin Shuo came back from the northwest, he brought the news of Fan Ping'an's death.
And his son Cao Mian is not interested in this line of work.
The 300-year glory of the Cao family actually ended in 15 years, and Cao Yusheng continued for 15 years, reluctantly, and now it is even more unsustainable.
Then forget it.
Cao Yusheng was open-minded, but he felt somewhat uncomfortable.
In addition, what Miao Guangqi said before also inspired him.
The domestic hunting gate is indeed somewhat loose in organization at present.
As the de facto intelligence headquarters of Liemen, the Cao family has always existed as one of the six major families, which may not be a good thing.
Because as an intelligence agency, the Cao family is too independent and has no clear target audience.
Coupled with the Lin family, the leader's family, they actually don't care about things.
It's no wonder that Liemen survived like this.
In the previous Liemen, each family has its own interests, and it is normal for them to be independent from each other.
But now that they're all mixed up like this, it's time to get together.
…
Today, Cao Yusheng made several phone calls and planned to go out for lunch.
Eating alone at home is boring.
Just as he was about to leave, the phone rang.
Looking at the number, it belonged to Miao Guangqi.
Cao Yusheng curled his lips, not wanting to answer the call.
Ever since he parted ways with this second brother Miao in Yanjing, Cao Yusheng had known this man. Although he had been a scholar all these years, he was still the same as before.
Full of calculations, but also femme fatale.
What he is going to do may not be bad, but his behavior and handling of things are completely without principles and bottom lines.
With this kind of person, you can cooperate, but you must not communicate.
But Cao Yusheng thought about it again, maybe he has something serious to do, for example, there is a case of a wild beast, and he came to report to himself, which was agreed between the two of them.
Therefore, Cao Yusheng had no choice but to suppress the tiredness in his heart, and answered the phone:
"what?"
"Oh, I can't even hear the second brother. It seems that you have a problem with me?"
"There is something to talk about."
"Yu Sheng, you really didn't love Lin Shuo in vain, this kid, I've given you a job."
"You are so stupid, what's going on?"
"There's an incident in Nepal, we've designated it as a first-level biological incident, and things, eighth level, two S's.
But these two S's are not watery, for real.
It's not like the king of hell who goes up and down suddenly, and it's not like the beast who doesn't want to attack people.
Guess what? "
"Today is New Year's Day, not Lantern Festival. What kind of lantern riddles are you going to play for me? Where can I guess?"
"Hey, isn't this obvious? To deal with such a powerful thing, Lin Shuo can think of you as a waste snack. You don't have any points in your heart? It must have something to do with you or your family!"
Hearing this sentence, Cao Yusheng knew what it was after wandering his mind, and his expression suddenly became serious: "The white-headed flying corpse?"
"That's right, you Cao family's crimes, go and wipe your ass now."
"It's been fifteen years since there was any news about this thing. It turned out that he went to hide in Nepal." Cao Yusheng nodded, "Okay, I am duty-bound to do this."
"It's fine if you don't shrug it off." Miao Guangqi said on the other end of the phone, "Let me tell you, Lin Shuo is a very good guy, and I'm going to ask you for ten million dollars.
But last time when it came to the King of Hades, we suffered a lot here.
Not to mention all the special funds I have managed for five years, I even let the elders' home post 50 million US dollars.
You don't know the faces of the grandchildren in the elders' house!
These scholars educated by capitalist countries are full of money in their bones!
So please understand my difficulties here.
Lin Shuo's 10 million US dollars, I will find a way to get it together.
The ten million he asked for for you, you, Cao Yusheng, are also the leader of the hunting gate, I can't refute him because of emotion and reason, can I write you a check? "
"I tore up the check later, is that what you mean?" Cao Yusheng asked.
"Let me just say, among the four of us brothers and sisters back then, you, Cao Yusheng, were the most considerate."
"It's a small matter of 10 million US dollars, so I'm ashamed to waste so much time here." Cao Yusheng said disdainfully.
"Okay, okay, you Cao Yusheng have seen big scenes, can't I, Miao Guangqi, be scared?"
"Is there nothing else?"
"Gone."
Cao Yusheng was about to hang up the phone, but he only listened to the phone and said: "By the way, Yu Sheng, you have to be careful when you go to Nepal this time. After all, age matters. Don't be brave in everything, let the younger generation come."
"knew."
…
At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, the ancestral home of the Su family.
That night, the east wing of the house where the office was located was brightly lit.
This east wing room has been converted into the canteen of the office.
Most of them are young and strong guys. There are four tables of wine and food in the cafeteria. Everyone has a crazy meal and eats cleanly.
The big white wolf of the Zhang family, Lao Bai, also arrived this afternoon.
Old Bai is too big and scary-looking, and he cannot be checked in on the plane. He ran over from the Altai Mountains by himself.
Without this white wolf, the half yak has nothing to do with the mercenaries.
Not only mercenaries, Lin Shuo and Zhang Jin were not full.
There is no way, Lao Bai eats a lot, and he has lost a lot of weight after walking such a long distance, which is distressing.
After finishing the meal, Lin Shuo wiped his mouth and took out another 1,000 yuan from his pocket to slap it on the dining table, asking Wei Xingshan to continue tomorrow.
This made the corners of Wei Xingshan's mouth twitch. He actually paid more than 6,000 yuan for today's meal.
That's half a cow, how can it be so cheap
It's not that the whole family doesn't enter the house, Lin Shuo and Anne, the two bosses in front of each other, really buckle up.
But he didn't want to be hypocritical with Lin Shuo, so he agreed after taking the money.
Honor the future master, it should be.
After eating, they cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and the cafeteria was scattered. Soon, there were only a few backbones left.
While picking his teeth, Wei Xingshan asked, "Old Lin, I heard there is a new deal?"
"Yes." Lin Shuo nodded and said to Anne, "Come on, director of the office, introduce us to Captain Wei."
"He is no longer the captain." Anne said, "He has already resigned. Since yesterday, Liu Qing has been the captain of our Asian action team."
"Captain Liu, I'm sorry." Lin Shuo greeted Liu Qing who was sitting beside him.
"Mr. Lin, do you accept female disciples?" Liu Qing asked anxiously.
"Director Su, tell me something." Lin Shuo waved at Anne, ignoring Liu Qing.
Anne nodded, and said: "This strange creature incident in Nepal, the number of victims has reached 272 so far, and the culprit has been preliminarily determined through our identification, and it is called the 'white-headed flying corpse'.
This time, we are dealing with this matter at the joint entrustment of India and Nepal.
After discussing with Lin Shuo, I decided that besides the two of us, Cao Yusheng, Zhang Jin, and Wei Xingshan would participate in the operation.
Captain Liu, you stay here with the others. "
"Okay." Liu Qing replied.
"Cao Yusheng?" Wei Xingshan asked, "Isn't this the Patriarch of the Cao family? Old Lin, he refused to meet us before, so he will act with us this time?"
"Well, I'll invite you in person." Lin Shuo said, "By the way, I also want to know from him about my mother's situation back then."
"Oh." Wei Xingshan nodded.
"Hey! Mother." At this time, Xiao Ba, who was combing the feathers on the table, said, "Why aren't Lao Bai and me on the list?"
"Hey, this is the personnel list, are you two human?" Wei Xingshan asked with a smile.
"Little Ba really got the point." Lin Shuo said, "Both Xiao Ba and Lao Bai are not allowed to participate in this deal."
"Ah?" Xiao Ba fluttered his wings, "Brother Shuo, we are two brothers in the same life, when did I fall off the chain, Master Ba? You can't just forget about brothers when you have a wife!"
"That's right." Wei Xingshan nodded, "Ba Ye, I can't stand this matter."
"What's the matter with you?" Lin Shuo glared at Wei Xingshan, and then said to Xiaoba, "Xiaoba, you are only twelve years old, and you don't know what happened fifteen years ago. 'White-headed flying corpse', you You can't touch Laobai, you are naturally restrained."
Xiao Ba was stunned.
At this time Wei Xingshan asked: "Old Lin, what is the number of this 'white-headed flying corpse'?"
"Here, let's start with the hunting gate and raising the spirit."