Chapter 23: The Past

Hearing Meng Jiefang say that when Lin Xiaoyu followed him into the mountain to search and rescue, Yan Yu was still worried, but he didn't expect Lin Xiaoyu to appear here, and Yan Yu couldn't help but be happy.

"Xiaoyu, why are you here!"

Lin Xiaoyu didn't expect to open the curtain and see Yan Yu who was about to run away, so he hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Shh...... Be quiet! ”

"The comrades at the police station are not allowed to visit you, I ...... I tricked Wang Guoqing into sneaking in......"

Yan Yu knew that they regarded themselves as suspects, but he didn't expect them to be so tightly controlled that they would not allow anyone to visit.

He didn't expect that Lin Xiaoyu, who was well-behaved, would deceive Wang Guoqing in order to see him, this is not a casual joke!

Of course, Yan Yu has not been sentimental to that extent, thinking that Lin Xiaoyu is worried about his own safety.

There may be reasons for this, but I'm more afraid that it's because Lin Xiaoyu is in trouble.

"Got news from the kid?" Yan Yu didn't beat around the bush, but Lin Xiaoyu glanced out and looked at the curtain behind the bed.

"Don't worry, Guan Rui is asleep."

Lin Xiaoyu was still cautious, and whispered to Yan Yu: "The mountain has been searched, the search and rescue team plans to end the mission temporarily, they have listened to Qin Dayou's suggestion, and plan to dig the cavern you once drilled......"

"How can it be!" Yan Yu inevitably became angry, not because Qin Dayou planted the suspicion on him again, but because these people missed the perfect opportunity to search and rescue the child!

It's no wonder that Lin Xiaoyu came to him, because Lin Xiaoyu believed that he was stern and would never do anything to hurt the child!

His attitude seemed to make Lin Xiaoyu even more worried, Yan Yu also realized this, slowed down his tone, and said to Lin Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, don't worry too much, Zhao ...... I asked him, and he said that if the child is safe, it must be safe. ”

After all, the big and small pairs are Zhao Jianghai's children, these words are credible, but the problem is that Zhao Jianghai has been killed, if the child cannot be found in time, without Zhao Jianghai's care, even if there are no other factors that will hurt the child, the child is afraid that he will starve to death!

With Zhao Jianghai's character, he must hide the child, and he must also be wary of the person hiding in the dark, so this possibility is not impossible.

mentioned Zhao Jianghai, Lin Xiaoyu didn't have too much sadness, at this time, she only had children in her heart, and she had no strength to mourn for Zhao Jianghai.

He ...... Before he died...... once said something to me......" Lin Xiaoyu gritted his teeth, and said it to Yan Yu.

"He left his last words?!!!" Yan Yu suddenly became a little excited.

I thought that Zhao Jianghai didn't leave a single word, and the clue was completely broken, but I didn't expect to leave a sentence!

"What did he say!" Yan Yu was not verbose, Lin Xiaoyu whispered: "He said...... There is water to live! ”

"Can you live with water?"

Yan Yu heard this, and he was a little relieved.

This means that there is water in the place where the child is hiding, and in the case of water, even if there is a shortage of food, the child can live for three to five more days.

But when you think about it, the message behind it is even more striking.

Yan Yu and Zhang Gulin searched everywhere, but they couldn't find a water source, and the drinking water problem in Laohebao all depended on the well in the village that was about to dry up.

There was so little water in the well that it was so turbid and yellow that it had to be filtered and sedimented before it could be drunk, and even then the water that the people of the village could get was only enough to save their lives.

But when the child was lost, the women had already searched the well.

And because the water level of the well is too low, it is clear whether there are children in it.

In other words, in addition to the well, there is also a place where there is water in Laohe Fort, and this place is only known to Zhao Jianghai, and he hid the child there!

"Jiang Hai ...... He must have hidden the child in a place where there was water! "Lin Xiaoyu is not a stupid person, so he can naturally think of this layer.

"Yan Yu, I know that you have been looking for a water source, and this place that Jiang Hai said can only be found by you, I ...... You...... You must help me find the child! ”

It's no wonder that Lin Xiaoyu took the risk to come to Yan Yu, because she had been separated from her husband for so many years, and she didn't know anything about her husband's current situation, and she had no clue about this location.

And Yan Yu has been looking for a water source, if there are still people in Laohe Fort who can find this place, then there is no one else but Yan Yu.

It's just that she knows Yan Yu's situation very well, not to mention the head injury, and now she even has a shoulder injury, and it was her husband Zhao Jianghai who was injured.

Although she knew that Yan Yu was a person with clear grievances and would not be angry with her because of Zhao Jianghai, her heart was full of guilt.

This is also the reason why she has become so humble in front of Yan Yu, almost speaking in a pleading tone.

Yan Yu was planning to escape, after all, it was important to save people, and at this time, he agreed to Lin Xiaoyu.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely find the child, it's just ......"

"It's just that I've been looking for Professor Zhang for so long, and I've only checked less than half of the area, and if we continue at this pace, I don't know when we will be able to find ......."

The old way to find a water source is three or five months long, and ten and a half days and a half months short, and it depends on luck, but Yan Yu didn't dare to say it too realistically, which was too cruel to Lin Xiaoyu.

Moreover, he does not completely rely on this method, and he does not even want to use this method, because it is simply impossible to achieve it.

Once this method is used, it is necessary to mobilize the whole village and the search and rescue team to achieve the most efficient, but now that he is a suspect, who will listen to his opinion?

Although the search and rescue team is digging caverns now, they are all excavating those caves that Yan Yu has marked or have been filled, if you are lucky, you may be able to find them, then it is naturally the best, but you can't let luck decide the life and death of the two children, right?

"Xiaoyu, I want to know...... I want to know about Zhao Jianghai, you tell me everything you know, don't let go of any details! ”

"All?"

"Well, all!"

"It's important, and I hope you don't hold it back."

Telling her husband's life deeds in front of Yan Yu, Lin Xiaoyu was inevitably a little embarrassed, but she knew that this would help Yan Yu deduce where the child was hiding, so she had no worries.

"Jianghai...... He is a good man, after being discharged from the army, we were introduced, we only met, my mother died young, my father was seriously ill, and my brother followed others to quarry, and died in an accident......"

"Jiang Hai saw that I was pitiful alone, and often came to help, and later, we got married, and not long after, my father also left......"

Lin Xiaoyu's tone was very calm, although he was recalling the bits and pieces of her husband's past, there were bitter and sweet in her heart, but she didn't have time to be sad at the moment.

Yan Yu listened carefully, in order not to wake up Guan Rui next door, the two were very close, and their voices were very low, as if they were ...... It's like a couple talking to each other.

It's just that as soon as this feeling came to his heart, Yan Yu was ruthlessly extinguished.

Although Lin Xiaoyu did not show grief, her husband's bones were not cold, and she was ashamed to have such a thought.

Lin Xiaoyu didn't care so much, all the big and small things in the past, including some small details in life, were talked about in detail.

"That year, there was another great drought, and Jiang Hai said that he was going to look for water, and if he couldn't find it, he took us to leave this ghost place completely and never came back."

"He is a person who has seen the world, and he knows that the outside world is more exciting than here, and I often yearn for it, so I look forward to it every day......"

"But I'm also a little entangled in my heart, because once we leave, there will be no one to sweep the graves of our parents......"

Lin Xiaoyu was still talking, but Yan Yu's heart was shocked and interrupted her: "You said that Zhao Jianghai once looked for water?!!! ”

Lin Xiaoyu finally understood why Yan Yu asked her to tell the story of Zhao Jianghai's life.

There is no news from the child, her husband was killed, this kind of desperation keeps attacking, Lin Xiaoyu has long been without a master, and he didn't think of these at all.

Now that I have calmed down, I realize that Zhao Jianghai's past is the biggest clue to find the child's hiding place!

"Yes, like you, he is not a superstitious person."

"But you're a little different, you believe in science, and he's ...... He believes in himself. ”

Hearing this, Yan Yu also sighed in his heart, in fact, what Lin Xiaoyu said was not right, he and Zhao Jianghai should be the same kind of people, because Yan Yu also believed in himself more than in science.

"He didn't dig a cave because there was no exploration team that year, he just walked around the mountains looking for spring water, wherever there was water."

"Later, he said that he couldn't find it anymore, and he was going to take us away......" Yan Yu also had some regrets, although Zhao Jianghai's behavior was admirable, but it was reasonable to find water, and there was no sand near Laohe Fort, and there were no environmental conditions suitable for water storage at all.

"Why didn't you leave?" Lin Xiaoyu is still here now, and Yan Yu can naturally know the development of things.

I just don't know how the process is.

He said...... He said that he couldn't find it anymore, and the people in the village kept opposing it, saying that he had angered the mountain god, and that if he dug everywhere, it would break the feng shui, and the drought was the anger of the dragon lord or something......"

"He has a fiery temper, often fights with the people in the village, and his relationship with the Qin family is getting worse and worse......"

"And then ...... And he was gone......"

"Gone?"

"Yes, Qin Dayou said that Jiang Hai was going to burn down the Dragon King Temple, but he was stopped by the villagers, and the two sides fought, and Jiang Hai fled......"

"They later reported the case, but Jiang Hai never came back, I suspect that they killed Jiang Hai, and there was a long time to make trouble, but in the end it was all over......

Yan Yu continued to sift through these words, and when he heard that Jiang Hai was also going to burn down the Dragon King Temple, he finally understood why Qin Dayou cared so much about this matter.

Zhao Jianghai failed to burn down the Dragon King Temple, but finally let Lin Xiaoyu set a fire, although it did not burn down, but it was finally burned.

As for whether he really wants to burn the Dragon King Temple, or if it's just Qin Dayou's lies, it's not clear whether it's an old case.

However, Yan Yu did not let go of this verse, because this is the closest thing to water!

was about to continue to investigate, but suddenly there were footsteps outside, Yan Yu hurriedly pulled Lin Xiaoyu in and said to her, "Under the bed!" ”

Lin Xiaoyu was also frightened and hurriedly went under the bed, while Yan Yu hurriedly lay back on the bed, pulled the quilt over the cover, and pretended to be asleep.