Gu Chen has always had a special interest in this kind of strange patterns, especially the culture of different regions, and has his own unique desire to explore.
Gu Chen became very interested in the strange architectural symbols in Hemu Village.
Lu Qiang was thoughtful and took the initiative to ask Gu Chen: "Gu Bureau, tell me, do you have any insights on these patterns?"
"That's how I understand it." Seeing Lu Qiang's words, Gu Chen slowly said what he was thinking.
"Tai City is a typical Jiangnan city. Especially the buildings here are mainly blue bricks and blue tiles, and the colors are relatively simple and single."
"But only in this Hemu Village, the old houses are very colorful and have characteristics that are obviously different from those in southern villages."
"You mean, the colors of the buildings in Hemu Village are different?" Seeing Gu Chen talking about this, Lu Qiang quickly explained:
"This is because the villages in this place all migrated from the north. Didn't we discuss this before?"
"Yes, we have discussed it." Gu Chen nodded silently, walked back and forth in front of everyone, and continued to express his views:
"I have read books about architecture before, and some scholars have studied the characteristics of northern and southern architecture."
"I found that buildings in the north are particularly fond of bright colors, especially temples and some royal gardens, which are also colorful."
"But the buildings in the south are generally monotonous in color and look refreshing."
"Some scholars say that it is because most of the ancient royal families lived in the north, so they used colorful colors to show the royal family's style."
"But with the various wars that occurred, many people began to migrate to the south, and colorful tones began to become popular in some places in the south."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "For example, in the southern areas of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, the buildings there, especially the temples, also continue to have that colorful tone."
"Some people say that this is a culture brought by northerners, while others say it is local culture."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also said slowly: "But in my opinion, these architectural features of Hemu Village do continue the culture of the north."
"So these totems may also represent certain meanings."
"Yeah." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Qiang nodded silently and agreed:
"What you said makes sense. After all, Hemu Village is relatively primitive."
"Buildings also represent symbols of ancient culture. Especially these symbols, I definitely don't know clearly. Only the old people in the village, those of the older generation, may know better."
"For this question, I think we should ask the people in the village."
"Okay." Gu Chen didn't want to say too much at the moment, so he immediately agreed, "Let's go back to Hemu Village now and see what's going on there?"
"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen said this, Lu Qiang nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, everyone took a car from the hospital and started driving towards Hemu Village.
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It was already late at night when the vehicle arrived at Hemu Village.
The parking lot area of Hemu Village is already full of vehicles.
Lu Qiang could only move his vehicle to an open space in the village so that he could turn around.
At this moment, many police officers and rescue teams staying in the village have been stationed near the old houses in the village.
Originally, we planned to set up tents here, but since there were many old houses under the control of the village, the village chief found an old house, opened it with a key, and arranged for everyone to go in and rest.
Winter nights are extremely cold, especially in the hinterland of Centennial Peak like Hemu Village, which makes everyone shiver from the cold.
"Guard Bureau, please come inside." A police officer led Gu Chen and others to their temporary residence.
At this moment, many people are in the kitchen, warming themselves by the bonfire.
The villagers also donated some charcoal.
Everyone was eating simple supplementary food, and everyone had a serious look on their face.
"Where's Xiao Wan? Where are they?" Lu Qiang looked around and smelled one of the trainee police officers.
"Oh, Brother Wan and the others will be back soon, are they already on the way?" the trainee police officer replied.
When Lu Qiang heard this, he frowned, picked up his phone and started making calls.
Not long after, the phone was connected, and Lu Qiang immediately communicated with him: "Xiao Wan, where are you people? Are you still on the way? Are you already bringing back the tents?"
After a pause, Lu Qiang said again: "Oh, I didn't bring the tent, but just brought the luggage back? That's fine, come back quickly, um."
After the words fell, Lu Qiang also hung up the phone.
At this moment, the old village chief came directly to the kitchen with a large bag of things. When he saw Gu Chen and others, the old village chief also took out the food and shared it with everyone:
"Everyone, let's have something to eat. There is some hot rice wine here. It's quite cold in our mountains. Can you drink some hot rice wine to warm yourself up?"
"Old village chief, we are still on duty and cannot drink," said a trainee police officer.
"Alas." The old village chief said "Alas" and continued to explain: "This is rice wine, and the alcohol content is not high."
"If you don't have to drive, drink something to warm yourself up."
Seeing that the trainee police officer was still hesitating and looked at Lu Qiang, Lu Qiang nodded slightly and explained: "It's okay to drink a little."
"Okay, thank you, old village chief." Upon seeing this, the trainee police officer accepted the old village chief's kindness.
When the trainee police officer started to distribute the rice wine to everyone, Lu Qiang also reminded him: "Remember, don't drink if you want to drive."
"I understand, Senior Brother Lu."
In the crowd, someone chimed in casually.
At this moment, a trainee police officer standing at the door also shouted in the direction of the kitchen: "Senior Brother Wang and the others are back."
When Gu Chen heard this, he looked at Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei, and everyone immediately started walking towards the door.
At this moment, everyone discovered that goose feather snowflakes were floating in the mountains, which surprised everyone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, Officer Wang was leading a team of police officers from the direction of the mountain. Seeing everyone gathered here, he trotted over quickly.
At this moment, everyone's hair has already been dyed white by the snow.
Lu Weiwei asked curiously: "It's snowing all of a sudden? I remember before that when we first came here, it wasn't snowing in the mountains yet?"
"It just fell. Fortunately, I came back early." Officer Wang came to the eaves and quickly patted the snowflakes on his body.
Several other people also stamped their feet, shaking the snowflakes off their bodies.
Gu Chen glanced at the hiking bags in the hands of two of the police officers, then hurried over and asked, "Is this the hiking bag I got at the waterfall?"
"Yes." A third-level superintendent nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"We arrived at the waterfall based on Brother Lu's instructions and with the help of the guide, but when we arrived, there was no one on the other side of the waterfall."
"But there are two tents." At this time, Officer Wan also interrupted.
Gu Chen nodded slightly and quickly asked: "Are there any other discoveries at the scene?"
"No." Officer Wan shook his head and said involuntarily:
"When we arrived at the scene, there were only those two tents. When we opened the tents, we found that there were only mountaineering bags inside, with only some belongings and a lot of sundries, such as power banks and a little electricity."
"I don't know what's going on? I don't know where the owner of this thing is?"
"I communicated with Lao Lu and brought back the hiking bag first, leaving the tent where it was for the time being."
"What about the sleeping bag?" Gu Chen asked.
A trainee police officer shook his head: "When we found that place, there were only hiking bags and no sleeping bags."
"There is no sleeping bag? How is that possible? Aren't sleeping bags always put together with mountaineering bags?" Lu Weiwei felt incredible when she heard this explanation.
But the trainee policeman shrugged, with a look of helplessness on his face: "Then we don't know. We just brought the mountaineering bag back to take a look at it according to Brother Lu's wishes."
"Besides, there is nothing else in that place except hiking bags and tents, just an empty tent."
"We were afraid that the two people would return, so we didn't take away the tents. But because it was snowing, we had no choice but to withdraw first."
"Okay." Taking the hiking bag from the other party's hand, Gu Chen opened the zipper and checked inside.
Sure enough, except for some daily necessities and chargers, there was basically no food.
Gu Chen couldn't help but frown and said curiously:
"These two people are really weird. They left the tent with only sleeping bags and food and nothing else. What's going on?"
"Who knows?" Lu Weiwei sighed helplessly after checking the other backpack.
Officer Wang frowned and said slowly: "In my opinion, these two people may have encountered something unexpected, or they may be with the other three people."
"Currently, where are those three people? It's not clear yet, but now, the weather is so bad, I don't know if these people will stay on the mountain?"
After thinking for a while, Officer Wang said again: "How about, Gu Chen, we will..."
"No." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen interrupted directly: "What I mean is that tonight, we will continue to search the mountain and go up along the waterfall until we find the three climbers.
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"What?" Officer Wan on the side also looked horrified when he heard what Gu Chen said:
"But Gu Ju, it's snowing now."
"If it snows, let it snow. We can bring supplies and go to the mountains overnight to find people."
"Even if we don't sleep at night, we can walk down the mountain early tomorrow morning. I don't believe that these people can disappear."
Seeing Gu Chen's resolute attitude, this made Officer Wan and others worried.
At this moment, Lu Qiang also walked out. In fact, Lu Qiang also heard the conversation between Gu Chen and everyone just now.
Logically speaking, it is reasonable to go up the mountain again tomorrow, after all, the weather is so bad.
But now, Gu Chen almost wanted to go up the mountain on a snowy night, which somewhat made many people give up.
Seeing this situation, Lu Qiang also reminded Officer Wan and others: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go to the kitchen to warm up by the fire first. There is still food in there."
"Alright, let's take a rest first. If anything happens, call us again." Officer Wan said casually, and then made some gestures, and then everyone quickened their pace and walked towards the kitchen.
The guide in this team is an old man from the village.
It can be seen that the old man is also severely chilled by the cold weather at this moment, and his whole body is shrinking his neck.
When he passed by Gu Chen, Gu Chen also thanked him: "Thank you for your hard work, old man."
"It's not hard, it's just that the weather is a bit cold. If you want to go up the mountain later, remember to wear more clothes and bring more food."
"If you want a guide, you can ask the village chief to take you into the mountains."
"Okay, I understand. You go inside first to eat something and warm up by the fire." Gu Chen said.
After exchanging simple greetings with Gu Chen, the old man also walked into the kitchen.
At this moment, Lu Qiang walked to Gu Chen, pulled Gu Chen aside, and whispered:
"Gu Bureau, can't we search the mountain again early tomorrow morning? Do we have to do it tonight?"
"That's right." When Lu Qiang asked about this, Gu Chen simply explained clearly:
"Time is very precious for us now. Not only do we not know the current situation of Yanzi and Xiaoyuan, we also don't know the whereabouts of the five outdoor hikers."
"If we go up the mountain tonight, we may be able to go down early tomorrow morning. Then we will know whether those people are still on the mountain."
"But if we have to wait until tomorrow to go up the mountain, then it will take another whole day."
With a faint sigh, Gu Chen said helplessly: "It's not that I have to choose to go up the mountain tonight, it's just that time doesn't allow it."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Qiang nodded in agreement:
"You take the situation into consideration, and you are right. Let's do this. I will ask someone to prepare, bring supplies, and then go up the mountain with you."
"Senior Brother Lao Lu is here." Gu Chen said.
After a brief communication with Lu Qiang, Lu Qiang also agreed with Gu Chen's opinion, so he quickly returned to the kitchen and started communicating with his colleagues.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, stood at the door of the vacant old house, looking at the heavy snow falling in front of him, and murmuring in his heart.
Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were standing behind Gu Chen.
Lu Weiwei took a step forward and came to the position side by side with Gu Chen, and also reminded:
"Junior Brother Gu, do you think these people are still in the mountains?"
"Yes, it must still be there. Everything is still left over by the waterfall." After saying this, Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"But, I'm not sure about the other three people."
"Unless we go into the mountains later and find their tents, it's really hard to judge."
"Okay, this group of people is indeed suspicious. We should conduct a thorough search tonight. It's snowing and they have no place to hide. They can only huddle in sleeping bags in the tent."
"In this way, it will be a little easier to find them. However, if you don't find any trace after walking around this circle, it means that this group of people has already gone down the mountain."
"But when will we go down the mountain? Is it the day we go down?" Officer Wang took a deep breath and said involuntarily:
"If you ask me, if it were the day we went down the mountain, then these three outdoor hikers would have a big problem."
"Because there was no time, unless they met us, they followed us and came to the vicinity of the waterfall."
"Otherwise, if we take the road we came from, we have to walk a long way along the ridgeline and pass through the dense woods."
"Each of them is carrying such heavy equipment, so they will definitely not be able to walk far."
"In this case, we should really speed up our pace tonight and search carefully. Maybe we will have the answer tomorrow morning."
Seeing that everyone seemed to be unified, Gu Chen looked in the direction behind him.
At this moment, Lu Qiang is mobilizing the people warming up and asking everyone to actively participate in tonight's mountain search operation.
At this moment, a pair of people came from the other side. This team of people were wearing fire rescue uniforms. Only then did Gu Chen see clearly that they were firefighters participating in the rescue.
Gu Chen took the initiative to step forward and greeted the team leader: "Hello, have you found Yanzi and Yuan Shasha?"
"These two have not been found yet." The fire rescue team leader shook his head and said involuntarily:
"We searched the nearby areas where we could walk and found no trace."
"Now there is only the mountain left that has not been searched, but I heard that you came down from the mountain and did not meet Yanzi and Yuan Shasha along the way."
"Yes." As soon as the fire brigade leader finished speaking, Lu Weiwei on the side quickly agreed:
"We crossed back all the way from the ridgeline. We did not meet Yan Zi or Yuan Shasha along the way, but we did meet a few outdoor hikers."
"But what's strange is that the two senior travel friends who came to the waterfall area with us have disappeared."
"Moreover, the other three hikers have not come down the mountain yet, so we are planning to go up the mountain again tonight."
"Then, follow the ridgeline, cross it again, and come down another way from the mountain."
"If everything goes well, I can come back early tomorrow morning."
"Are you going up the mountain tonight?" A member of the fire rescue team heard what Lu Weiwei said and said in disbelief:
"It's snowing heavily. We just saw it snowing heavily, so we rushed back. But you still have to go up the mountain overnight. Isn't it dangerous?"
"No matter how dangerous it is, you have to go." As soon as the members of the fire rescue team finished speaking, Officer Wang on the side said firmly:
"The missing one is our colleague. We must race against time to find her and bring her back safely."
Looking up at the heavy snow falling in the sky, Officer Wang added: "What's more, it's just heavy snow. It's not like I've never seen snow before."
"Well……"
Seeing that Gu Chen and others were firm, this made the returning fire rescue team blush a little.
When the fire brigade leader saw this, he quickly said: "How about we take a break and I will go up the mountain with you?"
"That's okay." When the leader of the rescue team said this, Gu Chen did not refuse.
Now one more person means more strength. Gu Chen wants to unite all the rescue forces here and set out together to find Yuan Shasha's traces as quickly as possible.
So, sometimes, you don't need to be polite to others.
Seeing that Gu Chen agreed, the fire brigade leader briefly communicated with him, and then led the team members to the kitchen, preparing to bring some supplies before setting off.
Not long after, the police search team mobilized by Lu Qiang had gathered at the gate.
Everyone is carrying a tactical backpack, which contains some relief materials and supplies.
On the other side, the fire brigade leader also brought all his team members to the door.
Everyone also received supplies.
The villagers, on the other hand, continued to carry supplies from the vehicles to provide everyone with logistical support.
The old ladies in the village will cook some food in their own kitchens to provide some food security for the heavy task of overnight operations.
After completing the supply work, Gu Chen also put on the distributed tactical backpack. Everyone looked at each other before uniformly lowering their heads to check the time.
"It's almost time. Let's leave early." Officer Wang said.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Let's go now."
When Lu Qiang heard this, he also said loudly to the people in front of him: "Let's go now."
As everyone mobilized enthusiastically in front of the vacant old house, everyone was excited.
Although the weather is bad, even though there is heavy snow in the sky at the moment, when everyone gathers firewood and the flames are high, everyone gathers together, which is an invisible force.
Afterwards, everyone, led by Gu Chen, began to head towards the mountains.
The fire brigade leader walked up to Gu Chen, walked side by side with Gu Chen, and also communicated with Gu Chen: "Gu Bureau, you don't let the old village chief be your guide, but you have only been to the mountains once, you can guarantee all the roads here
Can you recognize them all?"
"Of course." Seeing that the fire brigade leader had doubts about his guide, Gu Chen quickly explained:
"As long as it's a road I've walked, I know how to get back and forth with my eyes closed."
Seeing that the fire brigade leader was still looking at Gu Chen with suspicion, Lu Weiwei quickly put in a good word for Gu Chen:
"Oh, just believe me, Junior Brother Gu, he has a very good memory."
"Okay." Seeing Lu Weiwei saying the same thing, the fire leader smiled awkwardly:
"The main thing is that we are more rigorous in fire rescue and always take precautions."
"After all, you have only walked this mountain road once, and with the heavy snow now, it will soon be difficult to see the road in the mountain clearly, and the light is very poor at night."
"I'm just worried that people will get lost because of the heavy snow. I actually have no other intention, really."
Seeing the worry of the fire brigade leader, Officer Wang on the side also smiled and said: "Brother, you don't need to worry like this. We often perform tasks in the mountains."
"For this kind of mountain road, there are times when the environment is even worse than this. We have all experienced it, so please believe us, we are also professional."
"Okay." Seeing Officer Wang say the same thing, I felt that the confidence of this group of people came from their strength.
Therefore, the fire brigade leader no longer cared about it and said with a smile: "Then please ask the bureau to lead the team."
In fact, the fire brigade leader was also very conflicted.
A handsome young man turned out to be the deputy director of the Furong Branch of the Jiangnan City Public Security Bureau. This position was somewhat intimidating.
Especially looking at Gu Chen's handsome and childish face, it was difficult for the fire department leaders not to doubt his team leadership ability and work experience.
But seeing that these policemen were all supporting him, it seemed that Gu Chen was quite reliable, so the fire brigade leader's concerns were dispelled.
Sure enough, as everyone expected, there was heavy snowfall, and soon the mountain road was covered with a layer of white snow.
The road can no longer be seen clearly.
But fortunately, Gu Chen had master-level memory. With his memory of the mountain roads, Gu Chen was able to explore the way for everyone ahead.
And on the entire mountain ground, a long dragon with lights also lit up.
Right in front is the waterfall. Gu Chen walked to a gentle area, turned around and said to the fire brigade leader beside him.
At this time, the fire brigade leader was already very tired. He was holding on to a big tree, breathing heavily, and said involuntarily:
"I...I know."
He glanced back at the people behind him and saw that the light source was still some distance away from him. The fire leader also shouted to the people down the mountain:
"There is a waterfall in front of us. Let's go to the waterfall to take a rest. Everyone, work harder and follow us quickly. We can rest at the waterfall."
After the words fell, the fire brigade leader looked at Gu Chen and reminded him: "Gu Bureau, let's go."
"Yeah." Seeing that only the fire brigade leader kept up with his pace, Gu Chen still admired him.
After all, being able to keep up with him shows that this team leader is also physically strong.
Thinking that everyone has lights to guide them, Gu Chen doesn't need to wait for everyone on the mountainside.
So I continued to quicken my pace and climbed quickly towards the waterfall area.
Not long after, Gu Chen arrived at the waterfall area.
At this moment, the waterfall was still flowing slowly, and the water around the pool was beginning to freeze.
The ice surface was already covered with snowflakes, making the pool look a bit like a road.
Seeing that the fire brigade leader was about to walk forward, Gu Chen grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute."
"What's wrong?" The fire brigade leader was a little confused and looked at Gu Chen with a puzzled expression.
Gu Chen didn't explain too much, looked around, and then came to a rock. He picked up a palm-sized stone, walked to the fire brigade, and threw the stone in his hand towards the water pool.
passed.
Based on my judgment of the size of the pool, the stones quickly landed on the edge of the pool.
This area has already been covered with snowflakes.
In addition, the area around the pool has already frozen, so the snowflakes fall on the ice and look like flat ground.
But once people step on it, they are likely to fall into the pool.
As the rocks fell, the snow-covered area suddenly collapsed, and an obvious groove soon appeared.
Only then did the fire brigade leader realize that there was actually a puddle area ahead, and he suddenly realized: "These snowflakes have covered the puddle."
"Yeah, the good thing is that I still have the impression that I know the general area of this pool. Once you walk over and fall in, your feet will soon freeze into ice."
"That's right." Seeing what Gu Chen said, the fire brigade leader also smiled and said: "Then we can't let people coming from behind step on it, we have to make a mark."
"Marking must be done." Gu Chen looked around, then pointed to the area ahead and said, "Let's go over there, get some branches, and surround the edge of the pool to prevent everyone from walking past."
"Okay." Seeing what Gu Chen said, the fire brigade leader didn't hesitate and followed Gu Chen.
In the meantime, Gu Chen took out the dagger he carried with him, holding the branch in his left hand, and used the dagger in his right hand to cut off the root of the branch, and then transported the branch to the surroundings of the pool.
Then use branches to explore the path, find out the edge of the pool, and then place the found branches across the edge of the pool.
In this way, a safe area is created for everyone.
As soon as the branches were surrounded, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang came from the bottom of the mountain with other large troops.
Everyone was panting from exhaustion. When they came to the open area, they were ready to find a big tree to lean against.
At this time, Gu Chen had already arrived in front of the tent and carefully inspected the condition of the tent.
Because Gu Chen saw the two senior travel friends setting up tents, and he knew very well that the two tents in front of him were indeed from those two travel friends at that time.
But at this time, there were no supplies inside the tent.
The mountaineering bag was taken back to Hemu Village by the police, and now the tent is just empty.
It's still covered with some snow.
Gu Chen squatted in front of the tent entrance in a daze, while Lu Weiwei walked to Gu Chen step by step, squatted down, and asked curiously:
"Junior Brother Gu, was there no fighting here?"
Gu Chen shook his head: "I checked everything around and found no signs of a fight."
"Then where will these two people go? They even took away their sleeping bags, but not their tents or food. This means that these two people may just simply go out."
After thinking for a while, Lu Weiwei added, "Could they be nearby and just want to visit somewhere nearby? So I brought sleeping bags and a small amount of food."
"I thought they would be back soon, but maybe they had an accident nearby, so they were trapped in a certain area and couldn't come back. What do you think?"
Seeing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen was stunned and said thoughtfully: "I have also thought about this possibility. It can be said that this possibility is quite high."
"However, we still don't know exactly which direction they went."
"Junior brother Gu, we can search around, maybe we can find some traces? Aren't you a master of traces? Look slowly, you can always find it."
"Besides, I don't think they would go back after setting up camp here."
"So, they should use this waterfall as a base and then go around."
"It makes sense." Seeing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen immediately stood up and began to search for traces of the area around the tent using a strong flashlight.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also followed Gu Chen and used lights to provide him with auxiliary lighting.
As for the others, they were already extremely tired when they arrived at the waterfall area, and everyone rested on the spot.
Since the ground was covered with snow, no one planned to sit on the ground.
Some people found rocks that were not covered with snow to sit on, but more people found big trees to rely on and simply rested against them.
Only Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were still searching the nearby plants along the perimeter of the open space.
Because the waterfall is right above, and everyone is coming from the bottom of the mountain.
Therefore, the search area is actually only the left and right sides of the waterfall.
After searching on the right side to no avail, Gu Chen came to the left side again, and soon found an area where the vegetation had obvious signs of being broken.
