However, Zhou Chen and the hundreds of people in the archaeological team, plus a PLA soldier with live ammunition, were really all missing.

The archaeological team went deep into the heart of the desert, equipped with high-powered radios, and had to communicate with the outside world several times a day.

The day before yesterday, there was no news sent out for the day, and the Dunhuang Historical Research Institute, which was closest to them, immediately asked the local garrison for help, and the garrison took the people of the Dunhuang Historical Research Institute to look for it the next day, and drove for more than ten hours to the ruins of the ancient city.

When the People's Liberation Army, which went to look for someone, picked up the warhead and shell casings of the Mauser Point 30, they immediately knew that something was wrong. The region where they are located is not as stable as that of the mainland, and the "big brother" of the neighboring countries is not less troublesome in these provinces and regions, and acts in large and small ways in the name of rogues and bandits.

This kind of bullet, most commonly used in the Russian-style Tokarev TT pistol, is the most commonly used armament for lawless militants who have been instigated or supported by that side in recent years.

The fact that so many people disappeared at once, and that they were intellectuals gathered from all over the country, and that there was also a squad of PLA soldiers, immediately aroused the great attention of the relevant departments.

The Gansu garrison and the government immediately began to search for it with all their might, and the news was also tightly sealed. So don't talk about Old Man Huo, even Shen Guodong and Grandpa Shen don't know if they don't ask.

The reason why Shen Guodong paid attention to the affairs of the archaeological team was because he was a little abnormal this morning and evening, and he refused to touch the porridge bowl, and asked him with a pale face, "When will Zhou Xiaoer come back?" When you go, you want to bring more equipment. I don't want to bring an extra sweater, and it must be cold at night in the desert. ”

The first thing Shen Guodong did when he went to work was to contact Zhou Chen and send Old Man Huo over. Change him back, the little girl must miss him. The main direction of his current research is not the excavation and identification of cultural relics, so why should he suffer that crime? It also makes the little girl worried.

The phone calls came one by one, and the more he called Shen Guodong, the more he felt that something was wrong. It's just to contact an archaeological team, why did he end up transferring him to the National Security Bureau?

The ruins of the ancient city of the Han Dynasty excavated by the archaeological team are in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, which is one of the many abandoned ancient cities on the ancient Silk Road. The latest discovery by the scientific expedition team of the Gansu Institute of History, just excavating two Buddha statues, caused an uproar in the archaeological community. Otherwise, they will not ask for help from their counterparts across the country.

The excavation work has been carried out for more than 20 days, and it is not clear what exactly has been excavated, but I have heard that there are more than the ruins of the ancient city. Several large tombs were also found next to it.

"The preliminary judgment may be related to the excavated cultural relics, and now we are mobilizing people to do on-site investigation, more than 100 people, it is impossible to take them all away. The possibility of being wiped out is very high. Since it was Shen Guodong who came to ask in person. The other side of the phone didn't dare to hide anything, and told him the whole situation and the analysis they had done.

Shen Guodong almost didn't know how he put down the phone, as soon as he raised his hand and knocked over the cup, he couldn't take care of the water on the table, and ran out wearing a single shirt.

Sitting in the car, he took a few deep breaths before forcing himself to calm down, and then ran back to make a phone call, first Dunzi. Then there was Grandpa Shen, and he asked the driver to take him home. I don't want to know every night anymore. I also have to tell her that this is not something that can be hidden from distress.

Zhou Wanwan was restless all morning, unable to do anything, and when Shen Guodong came back suddenly, as soon as he saw his face, he immediately knew that something was wrong.

"Nan, the matter hasn't been decided yet, we don't know how serious it is, you have to calm down first." Shen Guodong didn't dare to say the word "extinguish" to Zhou Wanwan, and he refused to believe that Zhou Chen would be killed by those outlaws with a random bullet.

In addition to this, Shen Guodong did not hide anything, and told Zhou Wanwan everything he knew.

She was surprisingly calm, although her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, she didn't cry or mess up, "I'll go with you to find it, my second brother is fine, I know he's okay." ”

Going deep into the hinterland of the desert to pursue a group of bandits is definitely not something that Zhou Wanwan can participate in, but looking at her bottomless eyes, Shen Guodong knows that he must take her with him.

"Go change into light and warm clothes, we will leave in half an hour, and the plane is already waiting at the airport."

It only took three minutes for Zhou Wanwan to change her clothes and put a strange backpack on her back, at this time Shen Guodong had no time to ask this, so he took her bag and took her to the car almost half-hugged.

No matter how calm she pretended, Zhou Wanwan was still so flustered that her whole body was trembling slightly, and her legs took two steps before she stepped into the car.

Xiao Wang jumped into the car silently, did not make trouble, and squatted majestically and motionless. If you want to find someone, it may work better with you than with a reconnaissance company.

There was already a small Soviet-style military transport plane waiting for them at the airport, and as soon as their car arrived, there was a screeching sound of brakes, and the pier jumped from the military jeep that had not yet stopped.

There was no expression on his face, his military boots were sonorous and powerful on the runway, and as he walked, he checked the weapons and personnel with a heavily armed officer next to him, and a team of heavily armed soldiers jumped down from a military truck behind him, and boarded the plane in a quick and orderly manner.

An airport ground crew ran over with two pilots in a panic, "Comrade Zhou, the supplies are all loaded, and as soon as we receive instructions from our superiors, we will immediately actively cooperate with the work of the PLA comrades and urgently deploy ......."

At a sharp glance like a knife, the man immediately shut up, and didn't dare to fight again, and he didn't dare to ask for credit again when he was nailed to the spot.

Dunzi saw Shen Guodong getting out of the car with Zhou Wanwan, and just wanted to get angry at Shen Guodong, but when he saw Zhou Wanwan's face without a trace of blood, his eyes slowly softened and moistened, and he touched her head to comfort her, "Xiao Er is fine, let's go pick him up, and don't let him run around in the future." ”

Shen Guodong hugged Zhou Wanwan tightly, nodded with Dunzi, and the two of them didn't say a word, and took Zhou Wanwan to the plane at night.

The plane took off quickly, Dunzi took out the topographic map and studied it with Shen Guodong and the officers who had been following him, Zhou Wanwan leaned on the back of the chair, and the discomfort of flying and taking off had not passed, and suddenly there was an extra blanket on his body.

She opened her eyes slightly and saw Zhou Zhou's concerned face, "This kind of plane is very cold and turbulent, and it can't be compared with a passenger plane." It's going to be even more uncomfortable later, I'm here with you, right? ”

Shen Guodong kept holding Zhou Wanwan's hand, listened to Zhou Zhou's words, wrapped the blanket tightly for her, "If you don't feel comfortable, just say it." ”

At this time, it is useless to find Zhou Chen and comfort Zhou Wanwan. Dunzi sat next to Zhou Wanwan and held her other hand, "It's more than three hours, close your eyes and rest for a while." ”

Zhou Wanwan shook her head, motioned for Shen Guodong to bring her big backpack over, and pulled out a few yellowed maps from it, "I collected it from a used book stall, it was originally going to be given to my second brother, you can see if you can use it." ”

The paper of the map is too old to be good, it is all hand-drawn with a brush, and the characters are all in traditional Chinese, which looks like a very old thing.

Dunzi took it and compared it with the one in his hand, and was suddenly surprised to find that this map not only had the ancient city that Zhou Chen had excavated, but also the specific locations of the surrounding tombs, as well as the locations of several dark rivers and small oases in the desert that had not been marked by anyone before.

Picking up the other one surprised them even more, it turned out to be the dungeon map of one of the tombs, which also included the cracking diagram of several mechanisms, as well as the two secret rooms and mechanism cracking diagrams hidden in the dungeon.

The remaining ones are mapped with water sources for the entire desert and a road map of several large Yadan landforms.

"The people who went to the scene to investigate are still determining the location of those tombs, and if these maps are true, it will really help us a lot!" The officer who had been following Dunzi was very excited with the map. (To be continued.) )