When Zhang Qishan returned, the Flower Reef case was closed.
Mo Yungao was on the verge of death when he t an extraordinary person. This person didnt seem ordinary and even used his own blood to save Mo Yungao.
Afterwards, Mo Yungao set up his headquarters in Beihai and life went on. The years passed by, but he still couldnt forget about that extraordinary man.
At that ti, he asked the extraordinary man if his remarkable abilities were congenital or acquired. When the young man told him they were acquired, Mo Yungao felt that it was unfair. After he gained power, he had obtained many things that he was afraid of losing. As a result, he hoped to et that extraordinary man again and ask how he had acquired those abilities. It was for this reason that he spread the plague and did whatever it took to force the extraordinary man to appear again.
In order to obtain the sa plague that had broken out that year, he studied various materials and hijacked ships in the South Sea in order to dig up a sunken ship by the reef. In the end, he managed to obtain a strain of the Wudou disease.
But the South Sea Archives obstructed his efforts, so he planned the Nanan incident to test the spread of the disease and slaughter the Archives agents.
Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haiqi were the lucky survivors, and they obtained evidence of Mo Yungaos actions on the train that year.
Changsha defense officer Zhang Qishan went to Beihai, took over Mo Yungaos territory, replaced the soldiers with his own n at lightning speed, and killed the ones Mo Yungao trusted.
After Mo Yungao returned to Beihai from Nanjing, he found that Beihai had undergone a change in leadership. When Zhang Qishan surrounded him at the dock, Mo Yungao fled into the depths of the Guangxi mountains. No one knew what beca of him after that.
Mo Yungao was keen on researching nerve gas, which ant that many unnad corpses were found in his mansion. Several of the corpses were believed to be people from the Zhang family, but their hands were cut off and they were so decomposed that they were unrecognizable.
Now that the story has developed like this, we can breathe a sigh of relief.
Zhang Qishan returned to Changsha, hoping to incorporate Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haiqi into his defense force and help them rebuild the South Sea Archives. But Zhang Haiyan didnt feel that he could be a soldier. He couldnt bear the weight of the real military uniform, so he rejected the job offer. But he did gain a sowhat formal uniform, so he could be considered a law enforcent officer.
They didnt get to avenge Zhang Haixia since Mo Yungao escaped capture and went deep into the mountains, but there would be a series of follow-up events to wrap it up.
Despite all this, the threat was ultimately lifted. All the plague teams and disease strains were confiscated and burned.
anwhile, He Jianxi was looking for Zhang Haiyan in Xian. As he was searching, he happened to find Haili Bank and got hired as an assistant there. He was still trying to crack the mystery sketches that Zhang Haixia had left on the money. He Jianxis story has just begun, and these sketches play a very important role in the follow-up story.
But I have to emphasize again that this isnt the ti to tell this story.
If this is truly the end of the story, then its too perfect. There are always painful monts here and there throughout life.
Zhang Haiqi slept for seven days and seven nights. The military doctor gave Zhang Haiqi nutrient solutions to prevent her from becoming dehydrated. He also told Zhang Haiyan that she was in a deep coma.
Zhang Qishan brought back all the information Mo Yungao had left in Beihai, which was how they discovered what was causing Zhang Haiqis condition. But because the records were missing so volus, they couldnt identify the specific information they needed. They could only co up with a general guess about what had happened, but there was a chance the facts were more complicated.
It turned out that what they thought was German nerve gas wasnt produced in Germany at all. They didnt know where it ca from, but it seed to specifically target the Zhangs family blood. Mo Yungao only briefly ntioned in the records that he acquired this by accident, and he only found one cylinder of it. They could only figure out what the specific situation was if Mo Yungao was captured.
The way Zhang Haiqi was aging at an alarming rate was just like those mysterious and strange folktales. Based on the military doctors estimations, she only had two months to live.
It was difficult to figure out where the Zhang family ca from and why they could live so long. Even people from the Zhang family probably didnt know the truth.
Zhang Qishan reminded Zhang Haiqi and Zang Haiyan that they had lost contact with the Zhang family in the northeast. The only way they could turn this thing around was to find the patriarch, and luckily, they knew where he was.
Zhang Haiqi didnt want to go to Southern Xinjiang anymore. She had lived a long and wonderful life, and now that she was suddenly facing death, she felt calm and expectant.
Long-term youth was an endless enjoynt. In fact, longevity wasnt that disturbing. But when you had lived long enough to see lots of people leave you, you would more or less look forward to the ti when you would be able to et them again on the other side. You wouldn't fear death at all by that point.
But Zhang Haiyan couldnt accept it. He had just co to terms with the fact that his godmother would stay young forever, but now this miracle was going to end in two months.
Zhang Haiqi hoped to be buried in a cetery in Xian with those she had sent off. She also hoped that she could help Zhang Haiyan rebuild the South Sea Archives before her death so that he had a place to return to.
Zhang Haiyan was devastated. He had been all alone before he t Zhang Haiqi. Many people had co and gone in his life, but only one or two had a special place in his heart. Now they were drifting away from him like duckweeds. He stared at the Xiang River blankly, unable to understand it all.
At this ti, a fortune teller friend of Zhang Qishans made a prediction about this matter.
Those familiar with him know that his na is Qi Tiezui.
Qi Tiezui told the two people that the north, east, and west were places of death, and the south was a dangerous place. They should go to Southern Xinjiang. There was no chance of finding resurrection in the places of death, but there was a chance of survival in a dangerous place.
The hexagram said: The old woman blooms. As the fallen leaves et the spring, the branches co alive. You gain sothing as you lose sothing. All the grievances and love return to the sea. The dead branches fall under the tree and roll three tis. This journey is full of gains and losses.
This was the most mystical hexagram in Qins Eight Calculations. Qi Tiezui had seen this no more than three tis in his life. This hexagram ant that Zhang Haiqis best and worst states of her life would reach their peaks at the sa ti.
If you have an understanding of people, fate, and life, you can probably infer what this kind of state was. But Qi Tiezui also knew that people who could have such a life must not be ordinary. It was like killing the one you loved the most in order to get what you wanted most.
When Qi Tiezui checked Zhang Haiyans fortune, all he saw was an unpredictable situation.
Qi Tiezui advised Zhang Haiqi that it was fine is she wanted to die, but she wouldnt have asked him to make a prediction if she really wanted to. Those who asked for their fortune to be told usually still had a desire to live. She wanted a reason to live no matter what that may be, and since she knew what she was looking for, she should go to Southern Xinjiang. People and things changed, so if she suddenly didnt want to die, it was best that she was already on her way to trying to save herself.
In the end, Zhang Haiqi agreed to go to Southern Xinjiang with Zhang Haiyan. They made an agreent not to talk about her illness as they made their way there. They would treat it like they were going on a trip. Zhang Haiqi had no choice but to comply.
Southern Xinjiang covered a vast territory and there were hundreds of thousands of mountains, so it wouldnt be easy to find the patriarch.
If Mo Yungao had to release the plague across the country in order to feel just a glimr of hope, Zhang Haiyan could only take it one step at a ti.
The two prepared enough dry food and money for the journey while Zhang Qishan gave them the customs clearance docunts so others could help them along the way. The last two agents of the Southern Archives embarked on the road to find their boss.
At this point, the Flower Reef case was closed and the Southern Xinjiang Potluck case had officially begun.
If we look closely at Qi Tiezuis hexagram, there are still many oddities that can be analyzed.
How would Mo Yungao, He Jianxi, and everyone else interact with each other under fates arrangent?
What was it about the tusi (1), the bride, and the Yi village? What was the real purpose of the mysterious Zhang family? Would they be able to find the patriarch? Why was the truth about Potluck Capital hidden for hundreds of years?
We will slowly watch the events unfold.
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TN Notes:
(1) Tusi, often translated as headn or chieftains, were hereditary tribal leaders recognized as imperial officials by the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties of China. Wiki link here.
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Tiffanys Notes: Mwahahaha, this is the end of Flower Reef Case. Its okay if you find the last paragraph a bit confusing because the author is just dropping hints here and there about the next story, which is New Years Special 2018. (Its actually an unfinished story. Can you see the tears running down my face? lol)
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