"Battlefield."

It took a long time for Ma Fei to come back to his senses and look at the torture technique and say these two words.

Torture shook his head: "Battlefield? What do you mean? ”

"There are potholes with a diameter of at least one meter all over the place, densely packed, and the potholes are full of snow mixed with ice, and all kinds of debris are scattered around, including food, glass, car parts, and ...... There were also human corpses and stumps, I had never seen such a horrible scene, it was so horrible that I thought I was actually dead, but I didn't know it. ”

Torture nodded slightly: "yes, I don't believe I'm still alive after the snowstorm." ”

Maffei said: "I was very helpless, the temperature was very low, my clothes were all soaked, I wanted to make a fire, but I couldn't find anything that could make a fire, almost all of them were soaked, I didn't dare to risk opening the fuel tank cap, I could only shout for help with my throat, really, I thought we were going to die, who knows, after a long time, I saw a man running over on a horse......"

When Maffei saw the man and the horse, she immediately limped forward and waved her hands, but when the man appeared before her, she was stunned again, for the man was dressed in a garment with all sorts of strange ornaments, with a longbow on his back, a long knife hanging from the saddle, and a mask like a wolf's head on his head, and a vigilant chill in his eyes under the mask.

Maffei put his hand down, stood there stunned and looked at the man, who also looked at him, then pulled the horse towards the car, rode around the car twice, and then patted the horse away.

During the whole process, Ma Fei stood there like a fool, unable to tell whether he had not woken up or not, whether what he had seen earlier was a hallucination caused by serious injuries, until half an hour later, when a large number of strange people dressed the same as the previous person arrived on horseback, Ma Fei knew that he was not dreaming.

After taking a sip of water, Ma Fei continued: "Then they took me and you all on the horse and carried them back, you were the most seriously injured, and the dwarf and Uncle Chen were fine, but they were a little weak, and after waking up, they ate something and fell asleep again. ”

The torture technique asked again: "What about Tang Qianrou and them?" What happened to those guys at Cusco? ”

"I don't know." Ma Fei shook his head, "I didn't find the bodies of Tang Qianrou, Wan Qingquan, and Tang Sirong, but I found the bodies of some mercenaries, and many of them couldn't be put together, they were all broken, which was terrible." ”

Xingshu thought for a while and said, "It seems that Tang Qianrou and they are still alive. ”

Ma Fei said: "It's hard to say, even if you live, you are all seriously injured, in the snowstorm, no one can escape with your whole body." ”

Torture smiled: "You're an exception. ”

Ma Fei smiled: "I'm really lucky. After saying that, Maffei remembered something again, "By the way, there is something very strange. ”

Torturer hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Ma Fei said: "The people of this tribe respect me very much, many people will bow to me when they see me, I don't know why, the dwarf before is not allowed to come out and walk first, but no one stops me, I can come and go freely in this camp." ”

After thinking about it, he said, "I think, it's probably because you were the least injured. ”

"Huh?" Maffei shook his head, "What do you mean?" ”

"This tribe seems to be very primitive, in their eyes, they should be in awe of the snowstorm, but you are the one who survived the snowstorm and was the least injured, maybe they think you are some kind of goddess or fairy descending to earth?" ”

After the torture was finished, he couldn't help laughing, and Ma Fei immediately punched him: "Nonsense." ”

The torture technique was opened by Ma Fei's punch, revealing a painful expression, Ma Fei immediately stepped forward and carefully examined: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay?" I really didn't mean to......"

When Ma Fei said this, he found that he was inadvertently close to the torture technique, the two looked at each other, Ma Fei's face flushed, and he immediately sat upright, while the torture technique looked at Ma Fei and smiled.

Ma Fei squinted at the torture technique: "No, what are you laughing at?" Is it that funny? ”

Instead of looking at Ma Fei, he looked at the top of the tent and said solemnly, "The first time I saw you...... Seeing that you have this expression, I used to really think, you are that kind of Nakshatra, you know Nakshatra, right? ”

Ma Fei raised his fist and was about to hammer it down, but he held back and said with a calm face: "Yaksha? Dominatrix? Tigress? Ruthless? Killing people doesn't blink, right? ”

Xingshu nodded seriously: "That's right, you are too good at describing, you see, you still know yourself best." ”

Ma Fei looked at the torture technique coldly: "Torture, I finally know now why you have been a single dog until now." ”

The torturer heard the meaning of Ma Fei's words, and he was not angry, but deliberately put on an ignorant expression, and asked rhetorically: "Why?" ”

"Because you're a single dog, do you know what characteristics dogs have?" Maffei smirked, "That's a dog can't spit out ivory!" ”

After Ma Fei finished speaking, he walked out with his cane, and said with a smile: "Hey, I'm sorry, I'm kidding you, hey...... Hey......"

When Ma Fei walked to the door of the tent, he stopped and stared at the torture: "Lie down, don't move, you need to rest, I'll come over to feed you medicine at night, you have inflammation, you can't just use those herbs, hurry up, lie down." ”

"Oh-" Torturer lay down obediently, waiting for the moment when Ma Fei opened the curtain and went out, blurted out, "You still look good with a smile, better than before." ”

Ma Fei was stunned for a moment, and she didn't turn around, but she still smiled with her back to the torture technique, and then walked out.

Torture Shu lay there and sighed lightly, wondering if Tang Qianrou was still alive? If they're all dead, shouldn't this be the end of it? Should I return to China immediately?

At the same time, the torture technique is also asking himself, do you want to continue to look for Qimen? After all, he is a cargo chaser, and if he is a cargo chaser, he will not let go of even the slightest clue that he can find Qimen, and right now, the clue is in front of his eyes, just in the Four Seasons Mountain, go by yourself or not?

Never mind. He didn't plan to continue thinking about it, and decided to talk about it after meeting Chen Taidong, and, who is that dwarf? Could it be the Angu that Tang Qianrou said?

Thinking like this, Xingshu fell asleep again, and when he fell asleep, Tang Qianrou, who was far away in the ice cave below the frozen Dada Lake, was awake because of the water droplets dripping from the top of the ice cave.

The first thing Tang Qianrou saw when she woke up was a lit bonfire, next to which Tang Qianrou and Gulal were sitting, while Wan Qingquan was lying flat at the other end.

"You're finally awake." Gulal immediately stepped forward and handed over a cup of hot coffee, "Drink some hot coffee to warm up." ”

Tang Qianrou struggled to get up and leaned back, but her body shivered because her back was close to the cold cave wall. Gulal immediately helped her against the gear box next to her.

Tang Qianrou took the cup and took two sips before relieving: "What kind of place is this?" How is there an ice cave in the grassland? What happened to the others? What about Anko? What about torture? ”

Gulal didn't know how to answer Tang Qianrou's series of questions, but Tang Sirong, who was sitting by the bonfire, took the lead in speaking: "Why don't you care about your father?" ”

Tang Qianrou was a little choked when she heard Tang Sirong's voice, she subconsciously looked at Wan Qingquan not far away, only to find that Wan Qingquan's face was blue, she immediately realized that Wan Qingquan was dead, immediately put down the cup, walked over with the support of Gulal, knelt beside Wan Qingquan, and stared at his face.

After a long time, Tang Qianrou raised her hand to touch Wan Qingquan's cold face, and at this moment, Tang Sirong said again: "Look at your father's neck." ”

Tang Qianrou immediately pulled Wan Qingquan's collar open, only to find that Wan Qingquan's neck was strangled by something again.

"My dad was killed? Who is it? Tang Qianrou asked, but she raised her eyes to look at Gulal, and after Gulal shook her head, Tang Qianrou looked at Tang Sirong again, "Is it you!?" Isn't it you, old immortal! ”

Tang Sirong didn't answer, and when she raised her eyes to look at Tang Qianrou, Tang Qianrou saw tears flashing in her eyes.

Tang Qianrou's voice lowered, but she still asked, "Who killed him?" ”

Gulal replied, "I don't know, I'm the first to wake up, and I'm the one who dragged you in through the ice outside." ”

Tang Qianrou asked suspiciously, "Ice Dao?" ”

"Outside is an ice track, and there is a wide gap above the ice track, and I just used GPS to locate it, and I found that we are under Lake Dada, that is, we have fallen into the ice crack of the frozen Lake Dada." Gulal said and looked outside, "We fell in with the car and people, the car was still outside, and when I dragged you in, your father was already dead and strangled to death, as for who the murderer was, I don't know, I can only be sure that it is not one of us, of course, this must be on the premise that you believe me." ”

Tang Qianrou was silent, just looked at Gulal.

Gulal analyzed: "At that time, you and your mother were unconscious......"

Tang Qianrou interrupted Gulal's words and asked rhetorically: "It's okay to pretend to be unconscious." ”

"Well, first you have to rule out that I'm a murderer, because I have no motive, even if I'm a mercenary, I'm not a murderer, you and your father are my employers, and I don't do me any good by killing my employer, unless you hired me to kill him, right?" Gulal picked up the coffee cup that Tang Qianrou put down next to him and took a sip, "Do you agree?" ”

"Okay." Tang Qianrou nodded, "Eliminate your suspicion, you continue to talk about your inferences." ”

Gulal stood there with his cup in his hand, looking out of the cave: "After the car fell into the hole, it overturned on its side, your father's body was next to the door, and the window glass had already been broken, I judged that someone was standing outside the window, standing on the door, and strangled him with a rope, and at that time you and your mother, one was wrapped in a seat belt, the other was pressed by a box, and your mother was an elderly person, she didn't have the physical strength to push the box away, and then climb out and strangle your father, and then climb back again, and then put the box on her body, This is my reasoning, or rather, even the most stupid person can come to the same inference as me if he sees the scene with his own eyes. ”

Tang Sirong sneered: "Look, everyone has said it, no matter how stupid people know, you still doubt me?" ”

Tang Qianrou said coldly: "Because here, only you have the motive to kill him." ”

Tang Sirong said angrily: "The matter has come to this point, is it any use for me to kill him?" If I were going to kill him, I would have done it a long time ago, I wouldn't have waited until today, I wouldn't have waited until now! ”

Tang Qianrou still said in a cold tone: "Even if my dad dies, I won't share Qimen with you." ”

Tang Sirong was silent, her gaze looked away, and fell on the bonfire again.

Tang Qianrou walked out with the wall of the cave, came to the entrance of the cave, stood on the edge of the ice road, looked at the ice gap above the ice road, from her position, from the ice road to the top of the gap, that is, the frozen lake, at least dozens of meters, or even higher, if they want to climb out, it is absolutely impossible with their current physical condition.

Gulal stood next to Tang Qianrou and pointed to the distance of the ice road and said: "After your mother woke up before, I went out to investigate, and to the right is a dead end, and the ice road on the left extends all the way, I don't know where it leads, I didn't dare to go too far." ”

Tang Qianrou asked, "Have you ever called other people on the walkie-talkie?" ”

"I've called, but there is no response, it may be a fault, and I don't know if it's mine or someone else's." Gulal sighed, "It's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing, this time my loss is too great, you have to compensate me." ”

Tang Qianrou looked at the mercenary coldly: "Of course, what you are asking for is money." ”

"Don't you also ask for money?" Gulal retorted, "Don't talk about yourself so noblely, what kind of cargo chaser, what kind of Cusco company, what kind of treasure hunt to find the lost civilization of mankind, is just a cover for hypocrisy. ”

Tang Qianrou shook her head: "I'm asking for money, but the money I'm asking for is different from yours, you people, you will never understand what a strange thing is, and I don't expect you to understand, but I will definitely compensate you, double the compensation!" ”

When Gulal was about to say something, he suddenly heard a movement coming from the other side of the ice tunnel, he immediately dragged Tang Qianrou into the ice cave, aimed his gun in the direction of the overturned car in the ice tunnel, and at the same time, saw a subordinate of his standing behind the car, also aiming in this direction with a gun.

"Victor!" Gulal shouted over there, "Is that you?" I see you! It's me! Don't shoot! ”

The mercenary named Victor slowly stood up, and after seeing Gulal who had also walked out of the cave, he breathed a sigh of relief, put down his gun, and walked over cautiously on the ice path, and the two then hugged each other.

Tang Qianrou immediately asked on the side, "What about the others?" Are you still alive? ”

Victor shook his head: "There are two more, one is seriously injured, and the other is taking care of him, I came out to explore the way." ”

Gulal asked, "Why did you three live?" How did you get down? ”

"We fell in with the car, and the other two people in the car died before they fell, one had his throat cut by broken glass, and the other was thrown out because of the broken door, and he definitely didn't survive in the snowstorm." Victor shook his head, "We're lucky, because the car we were in was full of waterproof backpacks and spare winter suits, and if it weren't for these things, the three of us would have fallen to our deaths." ”

Gulal nodded: "Where are they?" Take me there. ”

Tang Qianrou also asked: "Is the environment better than here where you are staying?" If it's better, let's all move in, settle down, recuperate, and then find a way to get out of this hellish place. ”

Victor pointed to the depths of the ice road: "Down this road, there is a cave, the two of them are in the hole, it is a dirt hole, it is very warm, we moved everything that can be used in the car, and there is enough dry food for a week, but there is a problem with the radio." ”

Tang Qianrou listened and said, "Then set off immediately, don't wait any longer." ”

After Tang Qianrou finished speaking, she turned around and returned to the ice cave, helped Tang Sirong without saying a word, and took the lead out of the ice cave with her.

As soon as she got out of the ice cave, Tang Sirong stopped and asked, "What about your father's body?" ”

Tang Qianrou stopped and looked at Wan Qingquan's body: "In this situation, we can't take it away, so let's stay here, because it is his lifelong wish to come to Mongolia to find Qimen, although he hasn't found it yet, at least it's close." ”

Tang Sirong just stood there dumbfounded, looking at Wan Qingquan, and only whispered for a long time: "Qingquan, I'm sorry." After speaking, the two mothers and daughters helped each other to leave the ice road, and Gulal and Victor stood there looking at these two Chinese who behaved very strangely in their eyes, and they both had an indescribable strange feeling.

When Tang Qianrou and Tang Sirong walked along the ice path to the depths and came to the cave, they found that the cave was too big to be surprisingly large for them, and it was obvious that the cave had traces of manual excavation, and there were many rusty tools and swords inserted into the surrounding soil.

Tang Sirong slowly stepped forward, approached an iron pickaxe inserted into the soil at the entrance of the cave, and looked at it carefully for a long time: "It's the craftsmanship of the Central Plains." ”

Tang Qianrou shone a flashlight at the mouth of the cave: "It's so strange, how can there be such a big artificially dug cave under Dada Lake, and there are still a lot of iron tools from the Central Plains?" Mom, can you tell what age it is? ”

Tang Sirong shook her head, and continued to look for things that could represent the age around, and finally, Tang Sirong saw a few iron nail leaves in the soil next to her, and immediately dug them with her bare hands, but because it was frozen soil, she only dug out one with great difficulty. Tang Sirong immediately asked Gulal and Victor, who had rushed over, to help dig out the rest of the frozen soil.

When the rusty but barely able to piece together thing was dug up by Gulal and thrown on the ground, Tang Sirong squatted down and looked carefully at it with the flashlight light in Tang Qianrou's hand, and then affirmed: "It's Bu Renjia." ”

Tang Qianrou frowned: "The step man of the Song Dynasty? ”

"Yes, I remember that the Buren armor described in the Northern Song Dynasty's "Wujing General Essentials" is like this, made of iron armor leaves with belts and nails, which belongs to the armor category, and its weight is similar to that of European heavy armor, but it cannot reach the degree of protection of European heavy armor." Tang Sirong picked up the armor leaf in his hand and looked at it carefully, "According to the regulations of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Buren Armor is composed of 1,825 armor leaves, with a total weight of 29 kilograms, and at the same time, the protection can be improved by increasing the number of armor leaves, so the armor of the infantry, pikemen, archers, and angry archers at that time was not the same. ”

Gulal and Victor couldn't understand what they were saying at all, because these mercenaries knew almost nothing about Chinese history, so they had to stand aside and listen dumbly, and in the end, they couldn't make out why, so Gulal had to raise his head and signal Victor to lead him in to see the remaining two.

Tang Qianrou looked at the armor and asked, "But I don't understand, why do things from the Northern Song Dynasty appear in this place of Dada Lake?" It's really weird. ”

"There is only one explanation." Tang Sirong got up and threw away the armor leaf in her hand, "This should be left by the Northern Song Dynasty's escort troops who paid tribute to Dajin." ”

Tang Qianrou frowned: "You mean, what happened after the battle between Khitan and Dajin?" Something to do with the 'Maritime Alliance'? ”

Tang Sirong nodded: "Yes, there is no other reasonable explanation other than that." ”