"So, he looks like he's rummaging through something?"

"yes."

"And then you parted?"

"yes."

Zhou Xingyao nodded and said, "You didn't lie to me, did you?" ”

I'm speechless, you, a big director, ask me the same questions as a playhouse, is this really good......

Fortunately, Liu Rumei on the side helped me speak, and she said: "Uncle Zhou, what Qin Fen said is right, after we came out, we learned that Wen Xianbao did not go into the cave, so we concealed the matter." ”

Zhou Xingyao nodded and said, "Xiaoliu is still well-behaved and honest." ”

“……”

The difference was so obvious that I remained speechless.

"Uncle Zhou, don't blame Qin Fen, he didn't tell you because he was afraid that you would be worried." Liu Rumei interceded for me.

"He still knows I'm worried?" Zhou Xingyao glanced at me, and then said: "I know that I shouldn't go down the hole recklessly, okay, look at Xiaoliu's face, spare you once." ”

Seeing Liu Rumei snickering at me, I had no choice but to shake my head helplessly. Of course, I also know that Zhou Xingyao is not really angry, and I guess he is mainly worried that if something happens to me, I will not be able to explain to the old man when I go back.

At this time, most of the people at the scene had already left, and the few remaining people were also ready to leave, and Liu Rumei also supported Zhou Xingyao and walked towards the outside of the cave. Of course, with Zhou Xingyao's age and physique, there is no need for support at all, and Liu Rumei is probably afraid that he will continue to teach me education classes.

Back at the camp, it was late at night, and everyone was busy handing out sleeping bags and improvised single tents. I took my tent and sleeping bag and set up in an open space on one side of the camp. I didn't sleep all night, tossing and turning over and thinking about what was going on here.

First of all, this Sun Yaohua was brought by You Xiqian, and other people don't know him himself, so there is no need for him to change his face, he just needs to lie about his name, after all, he is not in the establishment of the Cultural Relics Bureau, and no one will worry about who he is. He is just pretending to be Sun Yaohua, and he can deceive the eyes of You Xiqian, the master, which can explain two points: one shows that he has secretly observed and imitated Sun Yaohua and Wen Xianbao for a long time, otherwise this kind of master-servant relationship is estimated to be exposed before he goes up the mountain; The second shows that he is a master, and a master like this is not just an ordinary thief, he is often hired by someone to perform some kind of task.

Secondly, the news of this archaeological excavation has not been around for long, and Wen Xianbao and You Xiqian have only recently parachuted into the archaeological team, so there is not much time left for him to imitate and blend in. Or that this little time should not be enough, which basically means that this person was undercover with You Xixi before he landed. Since he is an undercover agent, then he must have a purpose, so what can he get by Yu Xixi's side? If he can predict the prophet, just to break into the archaeological team, I absolutely don't believe it - since he can have such a means, wouldn't it be better to casually accommodate people in the archaeological team, why should he go near and far to make a detour. With this, it can basically be determined that Wen Xianbao and You Qianqian are not just superficial identities, they may have been planning something for a long time, and they hurriedly dropped here after learning about the content of this archaeology, so it is basically certain that what they are planning is related to the Feather Clan. The so-called "praying mantis catches cicadas, and yellow finches follow." "Wen Xianbao and You Qianqian are estimated to be praying mantises, and the forces behind this person are the real yellow birds. Whether Wen Xianbao and You Xiqian are a gang or not, I have no way to be sure, after all, I know too little information, if you just look at the current appearance that they are a gang, whether they are two people conspiring together, or Wen Xianbao is planning alone, it is impossible to be sure.

There are two main reasons why I can be sure that You Xiqian and the fake Sun Yaohua are not in the same group: one is that I thought before that there is no need for him to pretend to be Sun Yaohua among his accomplices; The second is that You Qianqian regards Liu Rumei as a rival in love, and I learned from Liu Rumei that she and Wen Xianbao have no intersection at all except for alumni. If this fake Sun Yaohua wants to enter the archaeological team, he must use You Xiqian, which may be that he made You Xiqian feel that Wen Xianbao was airborne for Liu Rumei, and she had to follow Wen Xianbao to parachute into the Cultural Relics Bureau in order to stare at this non-existent love rival. In this way, the purpose of this fake Sun Yaohua has been achieved.

In the early morning of the next day, the people who had rushed to the rescue had left one after another, and only some people from the Cultural Relics Bureau were left at the scene, including the previous archaeological team members, as well as Zhou Xingyao, Wen Xianbao and You Xiqian. Liu Rumei and I also stayed, not to say that we couldn't leave, but mainly to see what the altar found near the underground river was.

After seeing off the rescuers, Zhou Xingyao gathered the rest of the people and announced that he would be in charge of the next archaeological mission. After he made a brief arrangement of work, he led the group towards the archaeological excavation site at the top of the mountain. Wen Xianbao walked beside Zhou Xingyao, but he didn't speak all the time, and his face didn't look very good. Liu Rumei and I hung at the end of the line and walked slowly, just saying hello to each other and not communicating too much.

At the archaeological excavation site, the mobile generator has already begun to work, and the hoist used in the rescue has not been removed. Not only that, but there are also a lot of lighting and ventilation equipment around the cave. The crew is carrying out their work in an orderly manner, and someone has already taken the lead in reaching the underground river through the hoist, because the multi-functional cable has been temporarily laid, and the real-time image has begun to be displayed on the monitor.

The image on the monitor is not very clear, and you can only see the situation below. Often, the more this is the case, the more curiosity is stimulated. Liu Rumei and I couldn't help but be curious, and decided to go down to have a look, and hurriedly asked Zhou Xingyao to apply.

"Uncle Zhou, we want to go down too."

Zhou Xingyao pondered for a moment, then nodded, and only said one sentence at the end: "Pay attention to safety." ”

I wasn't too surprised that he didn't stop me, although he wasn't in the establishment, he was still a professional, so there was nothing wrong with letting us go down and study. In addition, he especially hoped that Liu Rumei and I could work in the Cultural Relics Bureau, and since we were interested, he readily agreed.

The hoist can only put down a maximum of two people at a time, and the speed is also very slow, it takes about ten minutes to go down. Liu Rumei and I were hung on the rope of the hoist and then began to descend. The downward cave is not vertical, not only has an angle, but also has many branches, but fortunately the path to the underground river has been lit up, so you can't go wrong. We kicked the walls of the cave with our feet, and slowly descended like dragonflies touching water.

"It looks like a lava tunnel here." Liu Rumei looked at the black cave wall and said to me: "This cave wall looks smooth, and the slope is still so big, I don't know how Zhang Kai and Shi Jian survived." ”

Liu Rumei's words, I understand, with such a steep slope, when the two of them fall, the kinetic energy of free acceleration is by no means a joke, and it is entirely possible that they have been bumped to death in the process of falling.

I thought for a while, and said to Liu Rumei: "I have a guess, why don't we try?" ”

"Guess? Try? How to try? Liu Rumei was puzzled.

"Don't use your pedals, just slide down." I patted the steel rope around my waist and said, "If the free descent is faster than the hoist, then the steel cable will always hold us tightly, otherwise, the rope will come loose." ”

Liu Rumei nodded.

Liu Rumei and I said to try it, and both of us gave up pushing on the wall of the cave with our feet at the same time, allowing our bodies to stick to the wall of the cave freely, but not long after sticking to it, we felt the rope on our waist loosen.

"Sure enough, as I thought, the free slide wasn't fast."

"How so?"

"The slope of this lava tunnel may not be as steep as it seems."

Liu Rumei looked up and down and said, "You mean that there is no suitable reference here, which makes people visually illusioned?" ”

"Hmm." I nodded and said, "I know the reason, let's go faster." ”

"Okay." After Liu Rumei finished speaking, he and I kicked the cave wall again with my feet and slid down.

When we arrived at the bottom of the cave, the archaeological team members who had already come down first stepped forward to help us untie the ropes and greet each other, and Liu Rumei and I began to observe Zhou's situation.

Thanks to the pre-installed light source, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding environment. The space here is relatively open, the underground river is relatively shallow, the area is relatively wide, and the water flow is not as turbulent as imagined. I think Zhang Kai and Shi Jian should have slid directly into the underground river at that time, and it was this relatively wide water surface that once again greatly reduced their speed.

"The altar is right in front of you, and you need to wade through the water." Someone greeted from the side: "You two go along the cable, and you can see people in a while." ”

"Okay, thanks." Liu Rumei and I thanked him, and then walked forward in the direction he pointed out in the water.

Liu Rumei and I walked forward for about a hundred meters, turned a corner along the cable, and then a huge cave appeared in front of our eyes. The whole cave is an irregular circle, the bottom of the cave is high in the middle and low in all sides, and it looks more like a bulging hill in the middle, and the water of the underground river flows through the side where we stand.

"It's spectacular." Liu Rumei sighed on the side.

I nodded, it was indeed spectacular, who would have thought that there would be such a huge space under this peak.

"The altar seems to be over there, let's go over." Liu Rumei pointed to the small mountain bag, where several people were busy.

"Hmm." I answered, and then walked towards the hill with Liu Rumei.

At the highest point of the hill, there is an oval-shaped altar, about eight or nine meters long and five or six meters wide, probably surrounded by a river, and the altar is covered with a thin layer of mud and sand. The altar is dotted with stone-carved figures, which are not very detailed, but can be seen to be human. A staff member was holding a tape measure to register the measurement, and Liu Rumei and I also got a job to clean up.