The next day, we set off from Yinchuan and headed south. I knew the general plan of the operation, but all the details were arranged by Mustache. Ma Dad was even worse than me. Even when the monk was packing up his things, he was still confused.
water.
"Are you leaving? According to what I want, since I'm taking a rest, I'll just take a good rest and wait until next spring before setting off again."
"Ma Dad." The monk joked: "We are all tired of staying in the city. How about we find a place with mountains and water to play for a few days?"
"Good idea! As long as you don't do anything, I have no objection. Have you found a good place?"
"Kaiyang Mountain."
"Not bad." Ma Dad nodded approvingly: "I have never been to this place. I used to go fishing and eat wild game, and brought back some mountain products. Good mountains and good water raise good people, and the girls in the mountains are very smart...
....”
As he was talking, Ma Dad couldn't help grinning happily, and the monk also smiled happily. I felt that these two people were heartless, and it seemed that I was the only one who couldn't think about it.
We stopped for a while in Zhengzhou, and then headed south. Nothing happened in the meantime, and Ma Dad seemed very excited. But after we met with Mustache's men, Ma Dad felt something was wrong.
Not only Ma Dad, but even I felt a little surprised. Xiao Hu is the kind of "alone" person. He is very courageous and dares to work alone. He never brings too many people with him to avoid causing trouble. When I first went to Ban Tuo
He didn't bring a few people with him before, but this time, the size of the team obviously exceeded my imagination.
This also shows that Mustache was very attentive to this operation. Could what Lu Xiuhuang and Shi Pan were looking for really be the "artifact" mentioned in the parchment?
To be honest, when people in the circle talk about the word "artifact", they actually don't have a definite concept. For example, some things from the pre-Qin era are generally called "artifact" by them. So just based on the two words "artifact" in the parchment, I
I really can't figure out what it is.
Perhaps, only when you actually get something and see it with your own eyes can you understand everything.
Before arriving at the destination, Ma Dad started to mutter and asked the monk suspiciously: "Monk! You lied to me and said you were coming for a trip. This attitude doesn't look like it at all. Tell me, are you playing tricks again?"
The monk smiled innocently and didn't answer, indicating his acquiescence. Ma Dad wanted to lose his temper, so he gave the monk a thumbs up and slapped him with a big blame. But everyone was used to it, and no one took him seriously except Ma Dad himself.
We arrived in Kaiyang County, which was the last stop leading to the forest area. Here, all the members of the team showed up. After being separated from us for a while, Lao Gong appeared in the team again, and his voice recovered.
Some, but still a little dysphonic, so he greeted me and Ma Dad with a hoarse voice.
Except for Lao Gong, the rest of the people were all strangers. I observed them secretly for a long time, trying to get a feel for the background of these people. If you don’t count the mustache monk and Lao Gong, there were three new members added this time.
According to my observation, among the three new members, two of them should have a very close relationship with Mustache, because they listen to the monk very much. One of these two people is called Han Yunzhou. He is very agile, capable, and has a quick eyelid. He belongs to that group.
A man with a sharp eye. The other one is called Liang Zi. He is tall, burly, and powerful. His arms are thicker than my legs.
I'm a little confused about the remaining new member. He doesn't seem to have a mustache, and I don't know what his specific responsibilities are in the team, but the monk is more polite to him, and he tells Han Yunzhou and Liang Zi to do some chores.
This person is never allowed to do anything. After asking around, it seems that this person's name is Jiang Chen.
I don’t know how to describe this team. The composition seems a bit complicated. With Mustache’s character, people who can’t trust him will definitely not use it. But so far, one old Gong and one Jiang Chen seem to have some backgrounds.
Not clear.
Why would Mustache put such a vague person into the team? I thought about it for a long time, but I still didn't get the answer.
I thought that was all the team members, but after staying in Kaiyang County for three days, Mustache showed no intention of leaving, as if he was waiting for something. I went to the monk to talk to him, but he answered the question incorrectly and kept talking.
Let me tell you about Han Yunzhou and Liang Zi. According to him, these two people once hung out in the old forests in the border area of Guangxi and Yunnan for a while.
The Kaiyang Mountain we are planning to go deep into this time is a place with a relatively harsh geographical environment. Not only are there mountains and complex topography, but the vegetation coverage rate is also very high. In other words, this is a forest area with almost no trees as far as the eye can see.
After artificial development, in such a large virgin forest area, if there are no experienced members in the team, it will be quite troublesome.
It wasn't until the dusk of the fourth day that I realized that what Mustache had been waiting for was a person. And when I saw this person, I felt even more surprised.
Huaiqinglin.
After returning from Bantuo, Huaiqinglin disappeared. However, I know that during the journey, the monk had a secret conversation with him. The purpose of this secret conversation is very clear. People like Huaiqinglin are everywhere.
All these actions are very useful. The monk was obviously trying to win over Huaiqing Lin, and he succeeded, and Huaiqing Lin also joined the team.
Huaiqinglin was brought back by one of Mustache's men named Da Zuo. He was still the same as before, weak and pale. I was very curious about this man and kept staring at him secretly. At this time, Huaiqinglin seemed to be interested.
He turned his head and glanced at me unintentionally, which immediately made me shudder involuntarily.
I can't describe this person's gaze at all. Under such close contact, the gaze radiating from Huaiqinglin's eyes was like two gamma rays.
I have to admit that the mustache is really very capable. Everyone on the street knows that Huaiqinglin has a weird temper. He seems silent and very quiet. But what he doesn't want to do is putting a knife on his neck.
He doesn't know how to do it either. Mustache will need some means to move him out again.
The team was finally assembled. That night, Mustache asked me, Lao Gong, Jiang Chen, and Huaiqing Lin to go to his room. He took out the map hand-drawn by Lu Xiuhuang.
The map drawn by Lu Xiuhuang himself can be said to be an epitome of the wisdom and creativity of ancient people. This Taoist priest who could whisper to the emperor was indeed extraordinary. At that time, the technological conditions were relatively backward.
In the era of , the maps produced by Taoist Lu were almost indistinguishable from the current maps, and were even more detailed and accurate.
There is a relatively obvious line on this map. Mustache explained to us that this should be the route to the final destination. Judging from this route, we have to walk almost to the middle of the entire forest area.
The winding route is not long on the map, and the actual distance is about 180 to 200 kilometers, but if you really go there, I'm afraid it won't be as easy as touring the mountains and rivers.
While listening to Mustache's explanation, I quietly looked at the people next to me. Old Gong was looking at the map seriously, and asked Mustache some questions in a hoarse voice. Jiang Chen was also looking at the map, but said nothing.
Huaiqinglin sat in his seat and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was concentrating with his eyes closed.
We set off before dawn the next morning. There was still a stretch of road from Kaiyang County to the forest area, so we sat in the car and enjoyed the last moment of leisure.
My calves tightened just thinking about the upcoming trip. Ordinarily, our number is not small, but because we don’t know what unpredictable situations we will encounter in the woods, we have a lot of equipment. Plus the supplies, it’s a burden for everyone.
It is very heavy, which is definitely a pressure for a person of my stature. In fact, the things I brought are quite small. Liang Zi and Da Zuo are big, and the equipment assigned to him can simply crush me down.
Soon, the car could no longer move, so we started walking and moved closer to the starting point in the distance. The starting point marked on the map was a highland outside the forest area. It took us nearly two hours to actually reach the starting point.
On. When I stood at the top of the highland, I truly realized what Lin Hai was.
The lush trees form a continuous sea-level green within the limit of the field of vision. Except for the higher mountains and rivers, all other places are covered by dense vegetation. Looking around, I can recognize
The only trees are fir and masson pine. Han Yunzhou said that this kind of forest is not the most difficult to enter. It cannot stop hunters from entering the mountains. The tropical monsoon rainforest in the border areas is the most dangerous. Let alone the few of us, it is considered an establishment.
The troops were scattered in and not even a shadow could be seen.