A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Upon seeing the contents, I breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that his grandfather had been exonerated.

Moreover, his elder brother Bai Qi also went home in October this year and stayed there for a while.

At the same time, the father also asked when he would have a vacation time to go home.

That's roughly the gist of it.

It would be a lie for Bai Jing to say he didn't miss home. His family was in the capital and could be considered a scholarly family.

The conditions there are definitely much, much better than in the village.

However, going back now is definitely not an option; I still want to obtain the Eyeless Dragon Talisman and comprehend the complete Zhou Tian hexagram.

How can we give up halfway?

Immediately, Bai Jing prepared to write a letter later, briefly explaining why he couldn't return for the time being.

After delivering the letter to Bai Jing and Hu Bayi, the village secretary left.

When Hu Bayi received the letter, he initially thought it was from his family, just like Bai Jing's letter. However, he was surprised to find that it was from Ding Sitian, who had come to support the border region with him.

Ding Sitian is Hu Bayi and Fatty's revolutionary warrior

My friends all come from Fujian.

Moreover, Bai Jing had heard Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang talk about Ding Sitian quite a bit.

According to Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, Ding Sitian was so beautiful that she could even be described as breathtakingly beautiful.

At the same time, she was so talented that her dancing could captivate people, making them completely forget where they were.

She is a multi-talented artist, skilled in singing, dancing, and literature. Like Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, she came from Fujian to work in the Inner Mongolian grasslands. She is kind-hearted and simple-minded, and admires the Soviet writer Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovsky.

Bai Jing had never met this girl, but he could imagine that in Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's hearts, Ding Sitian was their ideal woman.

Most importantly, whenever Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang mention Ding Sitian, their faces light up with romantic longing.

In the letter Ding Sitian sent to Lao Hu, there was also a photo, a picture of her and the old man in sheepskin who had settled there.

Bai Jing glanced at the photo and had to admit that, although it was only in black and white, it was clear that Ding Sitian was indeed a stunning beauty.

Not only was she beautiful and well-proportioned, but most importantly, she also had a pair of long legs. Even by today's standards, she would be considered a goddess. However, Bai Jing's gaze lingered more on the old sheepskin next to Ding Sitian in the photo.

This old sheepskin is no ordinary person; he is also a tomb raider and a member of the Xieling bandits under Chen Yulou, the leader of Xieling. He only joined the Nier Society with his brother Yang Erdan after leaving Xieling.

In fact, the reason these two became tomb raiders was largely thanks to Partridge Whistle.

Back in the day, Partridge Whistle stole the Imperial Mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty in Shaanxi, but was rescued by the brothers Old Sheepskin and Sheep Two Eggs. After Partridge Whistle met Chen Yulou, he introduced the two brothers to Chen Yulou.

These two thus became members of the Unloading Ridge Bandit Gang.

Later, because the Xieling bandits suffered heavy losses when they plundered the tomb of the King of Dian, Chen Yulou became disheartened and went into seclusion. As a result, the Xieling bandits were leaderless and gradually disbanded.

Afterwards, the brothers Lao Yangpi and Yang Erdan traveled to Northeast China and later joined the Nier Society.

As the mud was completely eradicated, Old Sheepskin went into hiding and lived a life of herding.

Bai Jing stared at the photo for a long time, which made the fat man sense something was wrong. He looked at Bai Jing with a strange look and asked, "Old Bai, you've been staring at this photo for so long, you don't mean you've fallen for Xiao Ding, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing snapped out of his daze and couldn't help but laugh.

He could sense the wariness in the fat man's tone.

To be fair, although Bai Jing was engaged in tomb raiding, he had a strong scholarly air about him due to his upbringing. At the same time, he was also handsome, with striking features and an extraordinary bearing.

Most importantly, Bai Jing is not only good-looking, but also very knowledgeable and has a humorous personality.

If someone like that were to pursue Ding Sitian alongside Fatty, Fatty wouldn't think he'd have any chance.

Seeing this, Bai Jing laughed and said, "Fatty, you're overthinking it. I'm not interested in this little Ding. What I'm interested in is..."

As he spoke, Bai Jing pointed to the old man in the photo wearing a sheepskin coat.

"It's this person!"

Hearing this, both Hu Bayi and Fatty were puzzled.

What does this mean?

He wasn't interested in beautiful women, but he was interested in an old man.

Is it something serious?

Chapter 40 Heading to Keren Left Banner

Thinking of this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang unconsciously took two steps back.

To be honest, Bai Jing doesn't usually seem like that kind of person, so why would he have such thoughts?

Bai Jing immediately saw through the filthy thoughts in Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's minds and scolded them, "What nonsense are you thinking?"

As he spoke, he snatched the photo from Hu Bayi's hand and pointed to the old sheepskin on it, saying, "Look at this person, doesn't he look like someone we've met before?"

Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi looked at the photo with some doubt upon hearing this, but no matter how they looked at it, they couldn't feel that it resembled someone they had seen before.

Immediately, Bai Jing held the photo in one hand and used the other to cover the lower half of the old sheepskin face in the photo, asking again, "How about looking at it now?"

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang looked again at the old sheepskin in the photo, where only the eyebrows and eyes remained.

In an instant, the two of them felt that this person really looked familiar.

At this moment, Yanzi looked at the photo and said in confusion, "Huh? This person looks a bit like Huamei."

Hearing this, Bai Jing nodded, returned the photo to Hu Bayi, and said, "That's right, it does look a bit like a thrush, but it's probably just a coincidence."

Bai Jing naturally knew the connection between the old sheepskin and the thrush.

Huamei is actually the daughter of Yang Erdan, the brother of Lao Yangpi, so naturally she has similarities to Lao Yangpi.

But Bai Jing certainly couldn't say it outright.

Hu Bayi didn't pay attention to these things. Instead, he looked at the photo and couldn't help but say to Fatty Wang, "Fatty, why don't we go to Xiao Ding's place and see how he's doing?"

In this letter, Ding Sitian first reminisced about her past with Lao Hu and Fatty, and then explained her own situation, saying that she had been sent to Kerenzuo Banner in Inner Mongolia.

Hu Bayi sensed Ding Sitian's loneliness from the letter and expressed his thoughts, mainly because they hadn't seen Ding Sitian for a long time, half a year since they parted ways in Fujian.

To be honest, both Lao Hu and Fatty missed their revolutionary comrade-in-arms.

Upon hearing Hu Bayi's words, the fat man, who was looking for stationery to reply to Ding Sitian, immediately stopped and stood there stunned for a long time.

Then the fat man excitedly said, "Great!"

When Hu Bayi heard that the fat man had agreed, he immediately looked at Bai Jing and said, "Old Bai, why don't you come with us too?"

It's normal for Hu Bayi to make such a suggestion.

After spending half a year together, and considering the things they had gone through together, Hu Bayi no longer considered Bai Jing an outsider.

Most importantly, it's winter now, and there aren't many opportunities to earn work points. It's better to go with Hu Bayi and the others. If anything happens on the way, Bai Jing, with his extraordinary martial arts skills, will definitely be able to play a significant role.

Although Bai Jing was unaware of Hu Bayi's thoughts, he also felt that he still had to make a trip to obtain the Eyeless Dragon Talisman.

Bai Jing immediately agreed, "Alright then, let's go together."

Upon hearing this, the swallow immediately cried out:

If you're all going, then I'll go too!

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi quickly advised, "Yanzi, we are going to the Kerenzuo Banner Grassland to visit one of our revolutionary comrades. It's not appropriate for you to go."

Upon hearing this, Yanzi frowned and said, "Kerenzuo Banner Grassland? I know this place. It takes at least ten days to half a month to get there and back. Although there is not much work in winter, there are still some jobs to earn work points. If you don't work for so many days, you won't get any work points. What will you eat when you come back?"

Hearing this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang frowned in annoyance.

Bai Jing laughed and said, "Yanzi, you forgot? We caught Hua Bangzi. Although Hua Bangzi was killed by Xu Er and his gang, it's not our fault that he's dead. We'll still get work points. Plus, we still have some gold beans. If all else fails, we can hand over some more gold beans, and then we'll have our work points sorted out."

Yes.

Hu Bayi and Fatty's eyes lit up when they heard Bai Jing's words; they had almost forgotten about this.

Now that all their concerns had been resolved, the group immediately began to plan how to get to the Kerenzuo Banner grassland.

Although Kerenzuo Banner is also within Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia itself is a long and narrow region. Ganggangyingzi is located in the northeasternmost part of Inner Mongolia, bordering several northeastern provinces.

Kerenzuo Banner, however, is located in the middle of Inner Mongolia, a distance of over a thousand miles between the two places.

It's impractical to walk there or ride a horse there.

Finally, Yanzi told Bai Jing and the others that there was a train passing by the town that could take them to Kerenzuo Banner.

The group immediately began packing their things and then split up to carry out their tasks.

The fat man exchanged a gold bean weighing about three or four grams for various ration coupons and some money. Afterward, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative and got a lot of things. According to the fat man, how could he go to see his revolutionary comrades empty-handed?

Swallow stayed behind to pack her things.

Bai Jing and Hu Bayi went to ask the Party Secretary for leave, and at the same time prepared to hand over the remaining gold beans in exchange for work points.

Finally, after some haggling...

Bai Jing used the body of the dead wanted criminal Hua Bangzi to exchange for a year's worth of work points for himself, Hu Bayi, Fatty, Yanzi, Sun Qiaoshan, and Huamei.

In fact, according to the Party Secretary, this was the price for a dead trooper. If the trooper were alive, he could not only earn nearly three years' worth of work points, but also receive commendation from the county and be recognized for his meritorious service.