"Has there been an expedition team before?" Chu Tianyi asked.

"The relevant departments of the county have organized people to go in," Director Wu shook his head, "Speaking of this Grand Canyon, it was discovered by people from the Forestry Bureau and people from our protection station." At that time, there was a strong wind, and it was the first time I had seen such a strong wind when I was so big. After the strong wind, the people from the Forestry Bureau and we were going to go into the mountains to check the damage to the forest, but we didn't expect to find a gap in a forest with towering trees that we had never seen before. Later, we reported the matter, and the people from the county geological institute and the forestry bureau went in to investigate, but due to the special landform, they didn't understand it, but only brought a lot of ore samples out. ”

"Ore samples?" Chu Tianyi asked in surprise, "What kind of ore sample?" ”

Director Wu took a puff of his cigarette and waved his hand, "I don't know about this, but I heard that the sample was sent to the University of Geosciences for analysis, ah, by the way, it should be your Lincang University of Geosciences, after all, in this regard, your school is the top in China." ”

Chu Tianyi smiled perfunctorily, and then asked, "What kind of reply did the University of Geosciences give?" ”

Director Wu smiled and waved his hand, "There was no reply at all." Because it didn't take long for the expedition team to come, including teachers from the University of Geosciences. ”

Chu Tianyi took out a small notebook from his bag, "Then do you remember their names?" ”

"I want to think about it," Director Wu rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "One of them is called An Limin, and the other is called Fang Hegang, it seems to be Fang Chenggang, and finally there is another named Chu ......" He seemed to be a little unable to recall, "Chu ...... What's going on? ”

Chu Tianyi's heart was already beating wildly at this time, and he desperately suppressed his somewhat trembling voice, "Is it called, Chu Chuan?" ”

"Yes, yes," Director Wu didn't notice Chu Tianyi's expression, "You know, the teacher in your school!" ”

"And then?" Chu Tianyi asked with some eagerness.

"Later......" Director Wu lowered his head and recalled, "the first few days were nothing, we led the scientific expedition team into the canyon, and the members of the scientific expedition team came from different specialties, and they conducted sampling and research according to their own specialties. It wasn't until ten days later that something happened in the expedition team. ”

"What's the matter?" Not only Chu Tianyi, but even Lao Zhang and Xiao Meng listened attentively.

Director Wu spit out a cloud of smoke, "Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with the teacher named Chu Chuan." This person is a very character person, don't look at the usual speaking very kindly, but when it comes to academic issues, he becomes very serious and does not give in. Because of this character, he had a quarrel with Lao Zheng, the captain of the scientific expedition team, that day. ”

"A big fight?" Chu Tianyi was very surprised when he heard this, "Why are you quarreling for?" ”

Director Wu shook his head, "We don't know about this, and we don't dare to ask." These are all experts sent down from above. ”

"And then?" Chu Tianyi asked.

"Later, the scientific expedition team was divided into two groups, the original captain led one group, Chu Chuan led the other group, there were not many people, including the teacher named An Limin, and several other members of the scientific expedition team."

Hearing Director Wu say this, Xiao Meng opened his mouth and asked, "What about the teacher named Fang Chenggang?" ”

Director Wu told him that the person was still in the group of the original expedition team.

Xiao Meng snorted coldly when he heard this, "I think this person is not authentic, they are all from the same school, and they should maintain each other. I think the teacher named An Limin is good. ”

Chu Tianyi waved his hand helplessly at Xiaomeng, "Don't interrupt." Since Xiao Meng was rescued by Chu Tianyi at the barbecue stall last time, he was very convinced of him, and he was almost obedient, and immediately shut up when he heard Chu Tianyi say this.

Chu Tianyi looked at Director Wu, "You continue." ”

Director Wu nodded, "Actually, I later found out that this Teacher Chu Chuan not only has a personality, but also has some mysteries. ”

"Mysterious?" Chu Tianyi didn't expect Director Wu to make such an evaluation of his father, so he was even more curious, "Why do you say that?" ”

Director Wu said, "One night, I drank too much water and got up in the middle of the night to pee. But as soon as I got out of the tent, I saw a figure walking towards the dense forest deep in the canyon. But the light was very dim, and I couldn't see who it was, so I thought that maybe it was a member of the scientific expedition team who wanted to solve the big hand, so he went into the woods, so I didn't care. When I get up early the next day," said this, Director Wu smiled a little embarrassedly, "I have a problem, that is, I am awakened by stool on time at five o'clock. It's not bad every day, it's really annoying. ”

After laughing awkwardly a few times, he continued, "I was still awake that day, and it was not yet five o'clock at that time, so I got up and took the paper and went to the woods. But I was just halfway through, and suddenly I saw a person coming out of the woods, it was this teacher Chu Chuan, he was surprised to see me at the time, I asked him where he went, and he told me that he woke up early and went around the forest. But I noticed that he was almost wet with dew, which meant that he had been in the mountains for a long time, so I guessed that the figure I saw last night must have been him. ”

"This Teacher Chu Chuan," calling his father like this, made Chu Tianyi feel a little unnatural, "Uh, what is Teacher Chu Chuan doing when he goes out at night?" ”

Director Wu took a deep breath, "I don't know about this, but from that day on, I began to pay attention to him deliberately, especially at night, I found that this Teacher Chu Chuan went into the depths of the canyon alone many times, and just when I was about to tell the head of the scientific expedition, Lao Zheng, about this matter, the scientific expedition team had an accident." ”

"What's wrong?" Xiao Meng asked beside him.

"A group of people from the expedition team are missing." Director Wu said.

Chu Tianyi directly said the answer, "Is it Teacher Chu Chuan's group?" ”

"Yes," Director Wu's face also became a little grim, "They went out to investigate that day, and they didn't return to the camp until the evening. We immediately searched around, but by that time it was already dark and we couldn't find it. The next day, we searched for another day and found nothing. There was no way, so Lao Zheng called for help outside the mountain. Later, the search and rescue team went up the mountain, and with the cooperation of the troops, we finally found the missing members of the scientific expedition team near Songjiang Mountain, but it was a pity that ......" Speaking of this, Director Wu let out a long sigh, "When I found them, everyone was out of breath." And that teacher Chu Chuan didn't know where to go. ”

Chu Tianyi frowned and nodded without saying anything, some of the information that Director Wu said was similar to what he knew, but it was the first time he knew about the situation during the inspection that year. Chu Tianyi was also very curious, where did his father go at night? Could it have something to do with what happened to their group at the end?

Lao Zhang suddenly said "oh", "It turns out that there was such a thing in the Grand Canyon at the beginning?" It's dangerous. ”

Xiao Meng looked at him and laughed, "What's the danger, now it's a tourist attraction, so many tourists go in every day, if it's dangerous, something will happen sooner." Ay! You know better if you're a tour guide! ”

Lao Zhang Gang wanted to refute him, but Director Wu took the first step and said, "It's not like you think at all, the length of this Grand Canyon is more than 70 kilometers, and the length of the Grand Canyon is less than one-tenth of the length open to tourists." The depths of the real canyon, which you have never seen before, are the dangerous places. ”

Xiao Meng listened, and then stopped talking.

Chu Tianyi was silent for a while before raising his head and asking, "How did this matter get after?" ”

"What else can be done," Director Wu sighed lightly, "The deceased will be compensated and pension according to the death of the deceased, and the missing person will be searched and rescued." However, this search and rescue team is a bit special. ”

"What kind of special law?" Xiao Meng asked.

Director Wu took a deep puff of cigarette, "There are many people from the military and police system in the search and rescue team, and later I heard from internal sources that because the place where the bodies of the team members were found was not far from North Korea or even the border of the Soviet Union at that time, and only Mr. Chu Chuan was nowhere to be found, so some people suspected that the missing Mr. Chu Chuan had the possibility of defecting." However, I don't think he is like that person, although the contact time is not long, but I think that Mr. Chu Chuan is an upright and strong person, and he will never do such a thing as defection. I'm afraid it's really ......," he said, pressing the cigarette butt into the ashtray hard, "Alas, I hope the auspicious person is heavenly." ”

Chu Tianyi couldn't help but feel sour when he heard this, he took a deep breath, closed the small book in his hand, stood up and said to Director Wu, "Thank you!" ”

"Thank you!" Director Wu also got up and waved his hand, "It's not a problem, that's probably all I know." I hope it helps. ”

"Very helpful!" Chu Tianyi stretched out his hand and shook Director Wu, "I'm sorry for interrupting today, thank you!" We took our leave. ”

"Don't," Director Wu stretched out his hand to stop the three of them, "It's almost noon, let's eat and leave!" ”

"No, you're welcome!" Chu Tianyi hurriedly excused himself.

Lao Zhang made a round on the side, "Okay, Director Wu, you're welcome, they do have other things." ”

"Okay then," Director Wu said as he sent the three of them out, "I won't force it." ”

Chu Tianyi walked a few steps in front of him, and suddenly remembered one thing, the group of expeditions that had an accident more than 20 years ago, except for the disappearance of his father Chu Chuan, everyone else was unfortunately killed. But when he peeked at the archives of the University of Geosciences before, in the list of casualties of expatriate support personnel that year, he only saw the name of his father Chu Chuan, and no one else!

Chu Tianyi felt that something was not quite right, so he turned his head and asked, "Director Wu, you just said that in addition to him, there is also a teacher from the University of Geology in Teacher Chu Chuan's expedition team, what is his name?" ”