Chapter 64: The Scream Before Dawn

  He Ming looked up at the villa, which was a European-style independent villa surrounded by a luxurious large garden with many flower beds. It can be imagined that when spring arrives and the flowers are in full bloom, it will be like being in a sea of flowers. There were also many trees planted around, so the ecological air must be particularly good.

  However, the geographical location is not as good as He Ming's home. Because this is in a villa area, there are also some villas around, one next to another.

  He Ming's home, with its superior location, occupies a large area of land, and nearby is a small hill from which one can see an endless view. The nearest neighbor is hundreds of meters away, truly making it the exclusive king of unlimited scenery.

  The villa had a white wall, estimated to have an alarm system, the back door was a beautiful iron fence gate. Now it's 2:30, He Ming didn't want to wake up Zhou Qingyun to open the door, so he single-handedly carried that huge piece of cut-off He Shouwu, which weighed over 20 kilograms, and easily jumped over the fence gate.

  As soon as he landed, he felt something coming up to him. He saw three large wolf dogs excitedly approaching him and wanting to bite him fiercely. When they found out it was him, they immediately slunk away with their tails between their legs.

  They also have new homes, three exquisite dog houses in Western style, paved with old clothes and equipped with heating systems. In front of the dog houses are super-large food bowls filled with high stacks of raw and cooked beef, KFC fried chicken, original flavor chicken and more, treated first-class.

  He Ming looked at the three-headed big wolf dog's round belly and no wonder it was excited to come up and bite him earlier. The emotions were treated too well, and they couldn't help but bite people to show loyalty.

  He Ming walked in the garden, surrounding this villa and took a look. It was a three-story building with a beautiful exterior, and there was an outdoor swimming pool that extended into the house, half inside and half outside. However, all the doors here were also closed.

  He Ming went back outside, saw a large balcony on the second floor, and easily climbed up. He opened the door, then closed it again. He Ming only took one look inside to know that it was a large bedroom with someone sleeping, so he knocked on the glass door.

  This person slept very soundly, and He Ming's voice was a little louder before she was startled awake. She looked up to see that outside the glass door stood an enormous creature carrying something huge? She was suddenly frightened and exclaimed: "Who are you?"

  He Ming recognized Zhou's mother at a glance and immediately showed a flattering smile, softly calling out: "Mother-in-law, don't be alarmed, it's your son-in-law!"

  Zhou's mother let out a sigh of relief, recognizing his voice, after all no one called her that way.

  She shook her head with a mixture of laughter and tears, came over to open the door and said: "I was wondering, Ah Wu's three-headed dog bites fiercely when it sees strangers, how did someone manage to appear on the balcony? It turns out it's you. Why didn't you get Xiaoyun to pick you up?"

  He Ming smiled wryly and said, "Sorry to disturb you, Mother-in-law. It's getting late, why don't you go to sleep? I'll go find Xiaoyun's room on the third floor?"

  "That's right, the white door on the third floor is that bedroom. He Ming, you're so busy. We bought a house today and you didn't even come. Is it your money?" Zhou Ma smiled and looked at He Ming with great satisfaction.

  He Ming hastily covered his lower body with a large piece of He Shou Wu and took out the Blue Light Tai Shan Ginseng, saying: "Mother-in-law, you go to sleep first. This is the top-grade Tai Shan Ginseng I found in Tai Shan, it's good for nourishing blood and beauty, keep it for yourself, son-in-law will leave now."

  Zhou's mother took it and smiled, saying: "Good stuff, four-leaf ginseng. I haven't enjoyed it yet. Thank you, Xiaoming. By the way, don't call yourself 'little son-in-law' anymore, just call me directly. You go to sleep quickly."

  He Ming came out of the bedroom, put down He Shouwu at the stairs, and asked: "We're already home, why are you still carrying this thing?" He rushed to the third floor, saw a room with a white door, and walked in. He took off his backpack, shirt, and pants, and sat on the bed. Suddenly, someone pushed him and said drowsily: "Who are you? How did you sleep into my room?"

  He Ming felt something was off when he heard the voice, it was Zhou Xuewei's. He turned around to see that Zhou Xuewei had also recognized him, and she smiled slyly: "Little Mingzi, how come you couldn't even last a day before showing your true colors as a pervert? Sneaking out at night to climb into Auntie's bed. I'm still a virgin, you know."

  He Ming didn't say another word, picked up his clothes, backpack and suitcase, and walked to the door before turning back to say: "Go to sleep quickly."

  He Ming went out of the door and looked at the third floor. They were all white doors, European-style white doors. They were beautiful, but they misled him.

  He pushed open the white door across from him and walked in, taking a quiet look around to make sure it was his wife. He put down his things, sat on the bed, pointed his thumb at the fingerprint lock, and with a flash of blue light, opened the suitcase.

  Good gun, good gun. He Ming loves to play with this beautifully shaped and murderous Beretta M92FS pistol. Earlier, there was no time to play with it properly, but now that there is time, he's examining it carefully, of course without loading the magazine, as accidental discharge can be dangerous.

  Zhou Qingyun was startled awake, she found the person sitting on the bed with their upper body exposed, that strong and broad back, who else could it be besides He Ming? She turned on the bedside lamp, hugged He Ming from behind, and cooed: "Husband, you're finally back. I waited for you until I fell asleep! You're so late coming home, it's already 2:30!" As she spoke, she continued to rub her chest against He Ming.

  He Ming turned his head to take a look, Zhou Qingyun was wearing a sexy nightdress, because she had taken off her bra while sleeping, so the infinite beauty of her upper body was fully exposed. As for himself, his little brother below was just showing off its prowess after practicing the Frog Skill.

  He Ming handed his M9 to Zhou Qingyun and said, "Wife, look, I also have a gun now!"

  "Wow, so beautiful. It feels great to hold it." Zhou Qingyun was also attracted by the beautiful M9, took the gun and made a aiming pose, then wanted to check the magazine, He Ming loaded a magazine but kept the safety on, saying: "Honey, guns are very dangerous, don't play with them randomly."

  "Alright." Zhou Qingyun continued to gaze out the window for a while before returning the gun to He Ming, snuggling into his arms and saying: "Husband, let's go to sleep. Do you still want to play the 'having a baby' game?"

  He Ming took the gun, ejected the magazine and said: "Of course we won't play anymore, let's go to sleep. We'll get up in the morning feeling refreshed and continue playing——" He Ming hadn't finished speaking when two women suddenly appeared in the bedroom. They both had short hair and were wearing pajamas, and incredibly, they were both holding handguns.

  I just got a gun, why are there guns all over the street? He Ming hesitated for a moment, immediately reloaded the magazine, instantly released the safety catch, aimed at these two women holding handguns, and said: "Don't move! Or I'll shoot! Who are you?"

  The two women didn't move, one of them said: "Please don't misunderstand! I am Lieutenant Zhang Hui, from the Internal Security and Protection Department, here to protect your fiancée. The one next to me is Junior Lieutenant Liu Xiaoxia."

  "Hubby, it's our own people. The ones sent from your army this afternoon have all checked their IDs. Fangfang also told me that your family has arranged for inner guards to protect us!"

  He Ming put down the gun and smiled, "Sorry, sorry. Mainly I suddenly saw you had guns and got nervous." He picked up a small bag of gems from his backpack, selected two beautiful ones, and handed them over, saying: "Here, here, each person gets one gem to calm their nerves. It's a Ming dynasty gem, with some modern cutting techniques it can sell for quite a bit of money."

  Lieutenant Zhang Hui gave a salute and said: "Commander He Mingzhong, we have regulations, we can't take your belongings."

  He Ming directly handed one to each of them, saying: "Take it, take it, this is a gift. A private gift, please accept it, sorry for waking you up so late, go back to sleep."

  The two of them had no choice but to accept, go back and continue sleeping. He Ming also put away the gun, took off his clothes, got into bed, turned off the lamp, and tightly hugged Zhou Qing's delicate and soft body.

  Zhou Qing felt a certain restlessness from her husband and said in a soft voice, "Husband, you seem to be in need. I know this feeling, it was just like last night when you gave me that strange thing to eat and my body suddenly caught fire, really making me think..."

  He Ming covered Zhou Qingyun's mouth with his hand and sighed: "Go to sleep, if you keep talking like this, I'll lose control."

  Zhou Qingyun's eyes shone with a playful light in the darkness, gazing at He Ming as she licked his palm with her tongue.

  He Ming smiled wryly and withdrew his palm, and Zhou Qingyun leaned in for a kiss.

  In the darkness, He Ming tightly hugged Zhou Qingyun and fell asleep. The little brother in He Ming's lower abdomen was burning with fire, extremely despising his inaction. He could only use his hands to caress Zhou Qingyun's back and buttocks, feeling the perfect lines and texture, and finally fell asleep unknowingly.

  "Principal He Mingzhong. Please wake up."

  He Ming hadn't slept for long when he was woken up by someone, and saw a face, it was Lieutenant Zhang Hui, who said softly: "Colonel He Ming, please turn on the machine, there is a superior who wants to have a conversation with you."

  He Ming smiled wryly and knew who it was. Besides Liu Dasecret, who else could it be?

  I turned on the phone and saw it was only 4:03, then I answered the call while getting dressed, saying in a soft voice, "My big brother, I just fell asleep at 2:30, now it's 4 o'clock, I've only slept for an hour and a half. Can't you wait until 10 o'clock?"

  "Get down, you sleep at 2:30, I didn't sleep all night. Shut up, and cheat me about which hotel again. I've searched the whole hotel, you little brat, only after contacting the security guards who protect you did I find out that you son of a bitch came here!"

  He Ming shrugged his shoulders, looked at Zhou Qingyun sleeping soundly, and quietly picked up his clothes, backpack, high-definition camera, and a wireless laptop to put in the computer.

  As he walked out of the villa's gate, He Ming found seven or eight Audis parked nearby. A man rolled down his window and beckoned to him, saying: "You're a ruthless guy, reporting a hotel that's really far away for us to find you. No more nonsense, let's go."

  He Ming shook his head, opened the car door and got in, and the convoy set off immediately.

  "Huang, scholar, Professor Chen, wake up, He Ming has been found."

  He Ming got on the bus, and Liu Hu pushed awake an old man with a head full of white hair who was wearing a down jacket and sleeping. He suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Has He Ming been found?"

  At the same time, several people in the car woke up, three old men and two young men, all staring at He Ming with strange eyes.

  "He Ming's eyes rolled, and he said: 'Ladies and gentlemen, hello, thank you for your trouble. I just thought of going home to fetch something, making it more convenient to explore, study, discover the unknown world, and explore the beauty of science.'"

  "Cut the crap and tell us what you've found!" Professor Huang, who seemed to be leading the group, was a straightforward person. He rubbed his thinning hair and asked He Ming to get straight to the point.

  He Mingdao said, "No problem, I'll cooperate fully!" Then he stretched out two long and powerful fingers. The people in the car looked at him in confusion, what did he mean? He Ming smiled and said, "Liu Daxi, let's have a shot of your little bear to lift our spirits."

  Liu Huo smiled wryly and said, "You're still putting on airs, kid." He took out a pack of unopened Little Panda cigarettes and handed them over to He Ming, who immediately took them and said, "You're a ministerial-level leader, I'm just a departmental-level cadre. It's not proper for a ministerial-level leader to give cigarettes to a departmental-level cadre. Let me offer you some instead, Minister. Wishing you good health and all the best..."

  A professor urged: "Stop talking nonsense! Quickly tell me your findings!"

  He Ming lit a cigarette and naturally put the small panda into his pocket, only then saying: "I have a special mission on my body, running all over the world. You see this is my discovery, eating it can get great physical improvement, no mistake, Taishan brand hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, one day owning, nothing else to ask for, white hair turns black hair, beauty reveals a smiling face?"

  Academician Huang suddenly snatched the Taishan Lingzhi from He Ming, took a look, and with an unchanged expression, put the small panda back into his own pocket. Academician Huang also put the Blue Light Lingzhi back into his handbag with an unchanged expression, nodded and said: "Not bad Lingzhi. Continue speaking. Please continue speaking."

  The people in the car couldn't help but laugh, and He Ming said with a sigh: "To get back to the point, when I was searching for good things on the mountain wall, I found a waterfall below, which was another world... When I went in and took a look... it was cool to death... The leopards were fighting... Then I thought, it must be a major discovery... That's all."

  "Didn't you hurt them? Are they still alive?"

  "You'll know when you get there. I was still 'alive' before I left."

  Half an hour later, a group of people walked with lanterns through the complex mountain roads, and the old men were panting continuously.

  They finally arrived at a cliff edge, it was now four thirty, the darkest moment in winter.

  He Ming pointed to a waterfall and said it was the entrance. Someone shone a high beam flashlight over there and found that more than ten meters away, on the mountain peak, there was a magnificent waterfall with a loud sound of water, but how could they get past it?

  Everyone looked at the terrain and someone shouted: "How can we get in? There is no road."

  Liu Huo looked at the terrain repeatedly, and several experts shook their heads before coming over to ask He Ming, "He Ming, how did you get in?"

  "What the...!" With a loud cry, he bumped his nose and jumped forward, falling off the cliff. Liu was shocked, what did He Ming do? How could he explain this to the chairman?!

  He didn't expect that He Ming would jump out from the cliff again, swim to the nearby mountain wall, and agilely move around on the mountain wall with a playful heart.

  The searchlights of the guards couldn't keep up with He Ming anymore. The crowd was speechless, and they somewhat understood how he had passed by.

  "Hurry up and come down, He Ming! I'll go in first!" shouted Huang.

  He has already believed in He Ming, and for him, the majestic and magnificent Mount Tai is just a fake mountain at home.

  "I'll carry Academician Huang first, jump from here to there, and then rush into the waterfall. You guys keep my backpack for me, don't open it and steal my things. There's a lot of cash in it, I've counted it."

  Liu Huo smiled wryly and said: "People here, would anyone steal things? Hurry up. Be careful, Huang, don't make any sudden moves!"

  He Ming responded with a nod, and showed a warm smile to Huang Yuanshi who had taken his Taishan Lingzhi. Seeing this smile, Huang Yuanshi felt regretful in his heart, thinking that he shouldn't have taken He Ming's Lingzhi.

  As expected, Professor Huang then experienced an incredibly wild and exhilarating ride!

  He Ming carried Huang on his back, and in one breath, they traveled to the highest peak of the nearby mountain wall. Suddenly, he jumped towards the waterfall on the opposite mountain wall. Huang's sparse white hair stood up, and he screamed "Ahhhhh!"

  Everyone was shocked and pale, and only then did they realize that they had been playing with their lives all along!

  He Ming smashed into the mountain wall, startling a flock of birds flying upwards, and under everyone's gaze, as well as the light from behind, rushed into the waterfall!

  On the cliff side, the ravens and sparrows were silent, only Liu Huo anxiously asked the inner guards to shine their searchlights on the waterfall to see if they had been washed away by the waterfall! But nothing was found, indicating that there really was a cave behind the waterfall.

  He Ming directly carried Huang on his back through the passage and put him in a cave, Huang was almost unbelievable that there was such a place in the world. In this mountain cave in winter, it was still warm, with wild grass growing wildly, and a faintly glowing tree... as well as a mechanical leopard lying on the ground, unable to move, but with red light shining in its eyes.

  Huang's eyes also lit up with an even brighter glow, and he clapped his hands, exclaiming: "Incredible mechanical life!!! My god, it's still alive! That's awesome!"

  He Ming knew that Huang Yuan didn't have the mood to reason with him, so he turned around and rushed out of the waterfall like a flying bird, directly falling off the cliff. Liu Huo and others were shocked again, but they knew that He Ming would absolutely not get into trouble. If he got into trouble, how could he still be found at his fiancée's house just now?

  As expected, He Ming quickly swam up from the mountain wall, climbed to a very high place, and then jumped over a distance of more than ten meters, landing on this side of the mountain wall, and then returned to the cliff where everyone was, all in just one or two minutes!

  Everyone was silent for a moment, then Liu Huo took the lead in applauding. Genius! No, god! Miracle!

  Whether it's a white-haired expert or a strong and sturdy inner guard, they're all very excited. After all, seeing such a miracle is really too exciting, and there are also temporary thoughts of flattering He Ming, otherwise, wait a minute, intentionally drop down, others won't have anything to do with it, and scare themselves half to death.

  "Who's next?" asked He Mingdao.

  "Here I come." A very elegant, around forty-year-old female professor walked out, accompanied by several young female students. He Ming casually combed his hair and said, "Professor, leave it to me, no surprises. You can rest assured!"

  The female professor's sudden jump and "ahhh" scream ruined the good impression He Ming had of her.

  Two minutes later, He Ming returned to the original place. There were more than 40 people in this group. It took He Ming half an hour to transport them all. Later, he found that taking one at a time was too slow, so he took two at a time. A group of academicians and professors screamed loudly. Only today did He Ming realize that it sounded even worse.

  "What a miracle!"

  "Incredible!"

  Everyone who entered the cave was extremely shocked, taking pictures and examining everywhere. Most people surrounded the leopard to examine it non-stop. A short, old expert with a fierce attitude scolded He Ming: "How could you be so cruel to them? You killed two of them! Completely destroying their limbs! Do you know this is the greatest discovery of this century?"

  He Ming ran away in a hurry and arrived at the lake, where he saw Liu Huo making a phone call while directing several bodyguards to take pictures of a pile of feces the size of a washbasin.

  "What are you doing, Secretary Liu?" He Ming asked curiously.

  Liu Dami pointed at the large feces and said: "It's so big, it's shocking. Think about it, it's still very fresh, which suggests that perhaps a mysterious creature that manufactured mechanical leopards left it behind. Because ordinary people can't enter this place, it has extremely significant meaning——"

  He Ming interrupted Liu Dasecret's words with one sentence, causing his face to change from excitement to disgust, as if he had eaten a fly. The several bodyguards who were taking pictures immediately put away their cameras and dispersed in an instant.

  "Sorry about that, I was the one who took the dump." He Ming said with a sly smile.

  Liu Huo looked at He Ming for half a moment, making an effort to restrain himself from giving him the middle finger, and left.

  In this paradise, the expert teams were extremely excited, discussing and studying with each other, even examining the dead wooden mechanical leopard, all of them despising He Ming's violent behavior.

  He Ming pretended not to see, telling everyone not to damage the tree, and it's best to show respect by pissing or shitting on it. Finally, he repeatedly persuaded those who were urgent to pee next to the tree, and then he had an excuse to take away a withered branch of the Ling tree again.

  Experts were discussing the issue, when suddenly He Mingjian took out a high-definition camera from his backpack and started taking pictures. He even went online through his wireless laptop and appeared in his own bar, causing a stir. Then everyone saw him upload an incredibly large piece of feces, and they all felt disgusted and retreated in defeat, extremely despising him. But there were also his die-hard fans who super-worshipped him, saying that even his feces was so amazing!

  He Ming burst out laughing and patted his own gun, showing off, instantly causing another commotion. Only then did everyone realize he was a military officer, and the worshiping wind started again.

  He Ming was too happy to see the comments, so he took out that Qin Dynasty gold seal again, took a photo and posted it, saying: "Qin Dynasty gold seal, worth a city. Let you guys take a look."

  Liu Hua wasn't an expert and didn't understand those mechanical beasts, so he kept watching He Ming surf the internet. Both of them were busy people, just chatting and talking about their hearts.

  Liu Huo looked at He Ming's post and knew it was a Qin Dynasty golden seal, immediately taking it over and saying: "So what you're saying is that you found this here?"

  "What's going on?" he exclaimed, knowing something was amiss. If he answered "yes", the Qin dynasty's golden seal would be lost for good. Just as he thought of spinning a yarn to deflect attention, Liu Heng understood what was happening and had discovered it right here.

  He immediately picked up the Qin Dynasty gold seal and went to find an archaeological expert. He Ming shouted from behind, "That's what my ancestors passed down! No, it's a fake, bought from a roadside stall!"

  The expert took a look and it was absolutely genuine. On top of that, there were three words "An Qi Sheng". This means that this place must be An Qi Sheng's hiding place.

  The archaeology professors were even more excited, An Qi was a famous figure in history, and he was a person who had achieved the status of an immortal.

  He Ming, however, looked down on An Qiusheng. He had read An Qiusheng's Peach Blossom Stone story and said that this person had prepared the Four Treasures of the Study, splashed ink on a stone, and thus created the Peach Blossom Stone. But, big brother, the people of the Qin Dynasty used the Four Treasures of the Study which only appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties?

  Time slowly passed, and the sky brightened. The first ray of sunlight shot in through the opening above his head and landed right on the Lingzao tree, making it look like a paradise. He Ming quickly seized the opportunity to take a photo and posted it online, saying: "Brother has been cultivating in this cave for 100 years and is about to overcome his tribulation soon. Welcome, fellow Taoist friends, come and appreciate!"