The old man looked at his watch and said, "No, the time we agreed on has not yet arrived." ”

Gao Qin's mobile phone received a text message, she looked at it, and said with a smile: "Mr. Nanyang, my senior brother will be here soon." After a while, a taxi came from the east side of the street, the taxi stopped on the side of the road, and a tall thin man carrying a large leather bag hurriedly got out of the taxi, ran eagerly, and waved to Gao Qin.

When Gao Qin, a seemingly arrogant cold beauty, saw this man, she immediately became happy, and waved to him like a happy child. The man ran over and saw him about thirty years old, with thin cheeks, small eyes, thin lips, slightly messy hair lying on his forehead, and his skin was very white.

Gao Qin smiled and said, "Senior brother, you're here." ”

The man said, "Senior sister, are you okay, are you in a hurry?" ”

Gao Qin introduced the old man to Nanyang: "This is my senior brother, Xu Ming. He had just flown back from England. Gao Qin also introduced: "Senior brother, this is Mr. Xiao Gang, deputy director of the Southeast Provincial Department of Culture and director of the Cultural Relics Bureau, and Mr. Nanyang, the head of the expert group of this special operation. ”

Xu Ming was very surprised and said to Xiao Gang: "Teacher Xiao, I have admired your name for a long time, and I am really lucky to meet Teacher Xiao today." He greeted Nanyang again, turned to Gao Qin and said, "I thought I wouldn't be able to catch up with this operation, but fortunately, our multinational archaeological team ended its work ahead of schedule, and I rushed back overnight." We haven't seen each other in almost a year. He held a fluffy cloth bear between his arms and said, "Senior sister, this is a gift I bought for you in England, do you like it?" ”

Gao Qin took the cloth bear, hugged it, was very happy, and said, "It's very cute!" Thank you, brother! ”

Xu Ming looked at Gao Qin stupidly, and said with a smile: "If my sister likes it, my brother will be happy, you know, I will give you a gift every time I go on a business trip." ”

Gao Qin suddenly said, "By the way, how is my sister-in-law?" ”

Xu Ming listened to Gao Qin's interrogation, as if he remembered something, and said, "Huh?! Your sister-in-law is nice and has been at home all the time. ”

Nanyang said, "Teacher Xiao, are we still missing one person now?" ”

Xiao Gang nodded and said, "Yes, there is still one person missing." He looked at his watch and said, "I think he's almost there." ”

At this moment, a young man in a black jacket walked over next to him and said politely, "Teacher Xiao, I'm here to keep you waiting." ”

Gao Qin heard the sound and saw that this man was handsome and had an extraordinary temperament, and she and Xiao Gang felt at the same time that this person was standing by the wall not far away just now, and there was no movement, and they didn't pay attention. This man seems to be ordinary, but everyone feels that he is not an extraordinary person. Nanyang also observed that when he arrived here, this person was already here.

Xiao Gang asked, "Sir, are you ......?"

The man smiled and introduced himself: "Mr. Xiao, I am a researcher from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who participated in this operation. He continued, "Hello everyone, my name is Qiu Tian. ”

Xiao Gang stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Qiu, welcome to Yangzhou." Qiu Tian shook hands with Xiao Gang, took out a letter of introduction, and handed it to Xiao Gang and Nanyang to read. Xiao Gang said: "The preparations for this operation were very hasty, and we did not entertain well in some places, so Mr. Tian invited Duo Haihan." ”

Nanyang said: "Teacher Xiao, everyone has arrived, let's get in the car." He instructed the two people who came with him to hand over the hooligans to the public security department for severe punishment. Everyone got into the car, first went to the hotel where Gao Qin lived to pick up her things, and then drove north, driving a long distance into a mountainous area.

Along the way, Xu Ming and Gao Qin chatted a lot, and also talked with Xiao Gang about some archaeological topics, but Nanyang and Qiu Tian didn't talk much. Xu Ming said: "Teacher Xiao, are there only four of us who are members of this action team?" ”

Xiao Gang said: "There are five members in the expert group. ”

Xu Ming said, "Oh? One more? ”

Xiao Gang said: "That expert is already at the ancient site. ”

Xu Ming said: "Mr. Xiao, which authoritative figure in China is this expert?" ”

Xiao Gang said: "This expert is not very famous, his name is Zhou De, and he has never heard of it before. This was also the first time I had met him. ”

Xiao Gang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Oh, among the new and old authoritative experts and scholars in China, I really haven't heard of this name, how did he get involved in this operation?" ”

Xiao Gang replied: "Because he discovered this ancient ruin." ”

The military vehicles had already traveled a long way, and as night fell, the sky darkened, and Gao Qin and Xu Ming found that they were surrounded by endless mountains, and although it was a modern era with developed transportation, it was also inaccessible.

The road has long come to an end, there is only a mountain road to walk, there are no street lights on either side, in the night, the mountain road is becoming more and more difficult, the military vehicles keep bumping, the driver slows down, and drives cautiously in the valley. The people in the car sat in the car for a day, and when they were hungry, they ate some bread and drank some mineral water, but they were still very energetic and not tired.

Everyone talked about the content of the operation, Xu Ming asked about the situation of the ancient ruins, Xiao Gang said that the ancient ruins had just begun to be excavated, and no one had entered yet, so the situation in the ancient ruins was unknown.

Qiu Tian rarely took the initiative to speak along the way, except for someone who asked him to speak, but Gao Qin seemed to be very interested in him, and always looked at him intentionally or unintentionally. When Qiu Tian saw Gao Qin looking at him, he smiled and looked at her without speaking. Gao Qin suddenly asked, "Mr. Qiu, which major are you engaged in in the institute?" ”

Qiu Tian said: "I am actually in charge of data management in the research institute, not an expert, this time the institute received a report from the Southeast Provincial Department of Culture, so sent a person to participate in this operation, I just joined the work, the organization wanted me to receive exercise, so let me collect information." ”

Gao Qin asked: "Mr. Qiu, that group of hooligans wanted to be rude to me just now, and you have been present, why didn't you come out to help us?" Then the policeman took out a gun and threatened us, why didn't you, as a member of the action team, come forward to save us? ”

When everyone heard Gao Qin ask this question, they all felt unexpected: everyone was meeting for the first time and had just formed a team, and Gao Qin's question was really embarrassing to the world, and it seemed a little bad. Xiao Gang saw that this question was too embarrassing, and it seemed to attack Researcher Qiu's personality and dignity, which was not conducive to his future work, so he wanted to come forward to make a round.

Qiu Tian smiled and said, "Well, that person was holding a gun, and I was very scared at the time. ”

Everyone didn't expect Qiu Tian to answer so straightforwardly, and they were not afraid to admit that they were cowardly and cowardly, so they didn't find any excuses. Gao Qin listened to Qiu Tian's answer, stared at him, and actually had a good impression of him, and smiled.

Xu Ming saw that Qiu Tian was not an expert with status, and his junior sister had a good impression of him, so he couldn't help but start to dislike this person in his heart.

After about another two hours, there were lights in front of me, and it was a military roadblock. The military vehicle slowly stopped, several soldiers were guarding the side of the road with live ammunition, an officer saw Nanyang in the car, and immediately saluted, Ouyang Rulong nodded, and the military vehicle drove past the roadblock and continued to move forward.

The military vehicle drove bumpily for more than 20 minutes, and finally, there were sporadic lights in the dark col, and the camp was ahead