Gu Qi was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses from his dislike for Liu Mu.

"Liu Mu, you should be serious. ”

"Do I look like I'm joking with you right now?" Liu Muyi raised his eyebrows.

"I'm not in the mood to smile with you," Gu Qike didn't care what this boy was thinking, and said bluntly, "If you say these meaningless things again, then there is no need for us to continue talking." ”

"Okay, I really can't help you," Liu Mu smiled lazily, "When did I stop listening to you." ”

"So what did you find, the hometown of the little girl of the shopkeeper?"

"I wanted to find it, but unfortunately, the clue was broken again. Liu Mu raised his eyebrows and smiled, although the story was clearly about his frustration of hitting the nail repeatedly, but he did not show the slightest frustration, some were just careless, "The embroidery works in this shop are very special, and they do not belong to the style of any tribe that we can investigate." ”

"Special ......" Gu Qi repeated in a low voice, and then asked again, "What kind of special law?"

"This type of embroidery is not common in the region, and it can even be said to be unique. The process of investigation was not easy, and I put a lot of thought into it, but it was always to no avail. It wasn't until a chance encounter that the people I sent got some clues from the old people of the previous generation, and they made a little progress. Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly. ”

If Gu Qi was still suspicious of Liu Mu's words at the beginning, she already believed it a little at this time.

Regarding the selection of the topic of Miao Jiang, Gu Zhi followed up the whole process, and it can be said that all the progress of this project could not be clearer. This research was originally the direction proposed by He Sheng, and the initial establishment of the topic selection had to be traced back to when He Sheng was a Ph.D. student.

At that time, Professor He was not a professor, but a student at Z University, who was struggling with the graduation exam and studying his doctoral dissertation like thousands of students. The direction of the totem and the sacrifice was roughly determined, and a lot of information was investigated for the accuracy of the paper, and a small number of field surveys were also conducted. However, because there are too few clues that can be found, He Sheng's investigation has been difficult, and it was not until the year before last that there was little progress, and it was stagnant due to many factors.

If Liu Mu said lightly that he had found a constructive clue, Gu Qi would definitely be the first to believe it. However, at this moment, the content he told was interlocking, and even if Gu Qi showed a full skeptical attitude, he didn't find a loophole for a while, so that she had to follow Liu Mu's train of thought to think.

"What clues?" asked Gu Qi.

"I found someone who knows this kind of acupuncture," Liu Mu's tone paused slightly, and chuckled, "That's an elderly grandmother, she said that she saved a little girl in the early years, and it seems that she escaped from some village." In return, the girl left a dress inlaid with gold thread. Because Grandma is a needlework expert, she once tried to dismantle the dress and exchange the jewelry on it for money. However, because the embroidery of this dance dress was so unique, she finally removed the jewelry, but did not restore the clothes, and could only barely remember the unusual stitching. ”

Liu Mu's gaze swept over Gu Qi's face, and his tone paused slightly, slightly hooking the corners of his lips.

"That's right, Teacher Gu, that's what you think - the embroidery you brought last time is exactly the same as the formation in Grandma's memory, and it's all unique. In other words, the shopkeeper, Ah Cai, came from that village and concealed his identity. Going deeper, she may have some kind of connection with the little girl who once ran away, and these are impossible to investigate. But what is certain is that there is not just a hidden reclusive embroidery girl behind this. ”

"Then why didn't Ah Cai mention anything about her hometown, what was she secreting?" Gu Qi casually pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "This small village is so closed that there is hardly any useful information, so it is unreasonable to think about it." If it's not a coincidence, could it be because they don't want this civilization to be known to others?"

"This is an obvious thing, and it is precisely because the people in the stockade do not want this civilization to be known to outsiders that they hide it so deeply. However, there are no absolutes in the world, but if they exist, they will definitely leave clues, and theoretically nothing will be completely wiped out. So I followed my grandmother's words and investigated, and soon found a stockade on the outskirts of Meaux. ”

"Village?" Realizing the criticality of the problem, Gu Qi hurriedly asked, "What village, Miao Village?"

"It may be Miao Village, or it may hide more secrets, and there is a good chance that this is Ah Cai's hometown. Because it is completely isolated, it is difficult for outsiders to investigate and get accurate information. This village used to be prosperous, but it had experienced a plague earlier, and it is said that people had died in seven hundred and eighty-eight. What kind of person would rather die than ask for help from the outside world? There must be something wrong with the secret that even if you give up your life, what kind of secret is it, but unfortunately, I want to continue to investigate.......

Speaking of this, Liu Mu's tone paused, and his slender fingers were put together, and he suddenly let go unhurriedly.

"Bang - all the clues are broken here, as if someone has deliberately cut it all off and can't touch it. The only variable that came out of the village was Ah Xiu's embroidery, or the little girl of the shopkeeper, the girl named Ah Cai. And going back along this line of thought, in fact, in the earlier days, this confined space was broken into a gap, otherwise many things would not have been revealed earlier, in other words, this is also the source of the information you have at hand. ”

"You mean, the reason why the teacher found out about the topic of Southern Xinjiang is because he came into contact with this mysterious Miao village? The photos in the Miao Xinjiang topic selection file, the half-sorted totems and those embroideries are not discovered by Teacher He by accident, is that so?"

Hearing this, Gu Qi could already understand what Liu Mu meant.

But why did the things that were carefully hidden fall into He Sheng's hands and become the topic of Miao Jiang that everyone put on hold after half of the investigation?

And the mysterious stockade, the sudden plague, the mysterious embroidery......

It's hard not to think of these many clues that suddenly come together.

"It's an accident that you found Changbai Mountain this time, in fact, most of the evidence points to Mocheng, that's also the most obvious thing, you actually gave up the direct clue and chose to come here, it's really surprising to me. Of course, this does not rule out that you have reservations about me, and there is no possibility of telling me the truth about many things, but it doesn't matter, you are crooked and have come to the right place. ”

"So, what are you looking for me for?" Gu Qi immediately asked, "Or rather, why are you here?"

Liu Mu did not answer directly, but casually turned the page of the information.

"What do I want you to do, this can be discussed in detail slowly, before that, Mr. Gu, you have more important things to consider - the information given to you in the revolving restaurant is not all the content, the most critical part is here, don't you want to see it?"

At this moment, Gu Qi can of course turn around and leave.

But looking at Liu Mu's determined appearance, she still hesitated. At this moment, Liu Mu smiled casually, handed over the document bag casually, and did not forget to add a sentence in a joking manner.

"Don't worry, there are no conditions this time, I can take the initiative to cooperate with you, share all resources, plus give you a tour guide throughout the whole process, and free accommodation and travel. And in addition to that, you need a companion, how?"

After an extremely brief silence, Gu Qi raised his head slightly.

"Why?"

When he asked this sentence, Gu Qi's cold eyes looked directly at Liu Mu, as if he couldn't get an accurate answer, so he wouldn't let go at all.

In this regard, Liu Mu behaved quite generously, he raised his eyebrows lazily and continued.

"Because, I want to look into these too. ”

"You also want to investigate these ......" Gu Qi repeated this sentence in a low voice, as if invisibly discerning the truth and falsehood in the words, "What do these things have to do with you, in order to get close to me?"

"I said for you, would you feel a little happier?"

Liu Mu raised his eyebrows, casually observing Gu Qi's reaction, and found that the girl did not show any superfluous emotions at all, and he did not seem lost, and then the conversation changed.

"At first, I noticed Ah Xiu's embroidery, of course, it has something to do with you. But, to put it bluntly, the two of us met in Pingshui, and the love didn't come to that point. So at this time, I won't coax you nicely, you are only a small part of my decision. As for more things, huh-"

Speaking of this, Liu Mu's tone paused, and he pointed in the direction of the folder with his chin.

"My decision, and my plan, are all here, just look at you. ”

"Why should I trust you?"

Gu Qi's eyes were still a little suspicious, but his tone had weakened. Of course, such a trivial emotional change did not escape Liu Mu's eyes, his fingers curled slightly, and he tapped lightly where Gu Qi's gaze fell, and then continued.

"I said Mr. Gu, don't just trust your ears, use your eyes more. I put the clues in front of your eyes, and you don't even look at them, just ask me vigorously. What's the matter, trust me so much, you're not afraid that I'll trick you at all?"

"If you really want to trick me, can you guarantee that the information is absolutely true?"

"Teacher Gu, if you talk like that, then I won't have anything to say. Liu Mu didn't care, and didn't even bother to explain, "At any time, whenever cooperation can be reached, the first thing is mutual trust, I don't want to find a way to deal with external troubles, and at the same time I can also think of ways to solve internal worries." With this spare time, I might as well find a way to pursue you. ”

"If you say any more of these nonsense, I'll leave now. ”

Gu Qi frowned slightly, he really felt that his words were becoming more and more deterrent, if he could really turn around and leave directly, why should he continue to talk nonsense with Liu Mu and do these verbal disputes.

"Cheng, I won't talk about it, you can sit down and read the information. ”

Seeing that Liu Mu gave the steps, Gu Qi did not refuse again, but just sat beside Liu Mu obediently.

This folder is very carefully organized, and there is not much information on it, but it reveals a great amount of information in a few words. The picture coincides with Miao Jiang's topic selection very highly, but Gu Qi can see that this is much more far-reaching than what he found, which is shocking enough.

As for the textual record of totems, it is even more incredible behind it.

- The Wicans.

Gu Qi lowered his eyes slightly, and frowned unconsciously when he saw this line of words.

"Mingren doesn't say dark words, I won't continue to go around in circles with you, give a real deal, I have shown a lot of sincerity in this cooperation, this is a complete loss-making transaction, if you have a cheap advantage, you are the one who loses money. In other words, Teacher Gu, if you don't believe me, then don't you believe this?"

If you show the slightest interest in this kind of thing, you will already enter the opponent's home field.

At that moment, Gu Qi knew that he had failed.