1

In the early spring, after the five people met in Yinchuan, they took a "Cherokee" to leave the rich Hetao Plain and plunge into the depths of Helan Mountain, where the huge Helan Mountain Range was like a giant lying between the Badain Jaran Desert and the Hetao Plain, blocking the wind and sand of the Badain Jaran Desert with its body, bringing wealth to the Hetao Plain. It has witnessed the rise and fall of the Western Xia Dynasty, and has also hidden many secret histories of the dynasty.

Entering the mountain pass, two tall towers stand majestically, "This is the tower of the Western Xia period." Tang Feng recognized at a glance that this was the building of the Western Xia, "The party people believe in Buddhism, Yuan Hao once ordered the construction of Buddhist temples in the country, it is said that the Buddhist temples in Helan Mountain were dense in the Western Xia. ”

"But which one is the Black Vulture Temple we're looking for?" Xu Renyu said.

"It's a pity that these Buddhist temples have disappeared now, and to find the Black Eagle Temple, you can only rely on Misha's notes." Tang Feng Road.

Not long after the car entered the pass, the road turned into a dirt road, and after driving a little further, a wisp of cooking smoke drifted faintly in front of it, "It seems that there is a village in front of it." Tang Feng remembered the villagers mentioned in Misha's notes.

The "Cherokee" slowly approached the cooking smoke, and Tang Feng saw that it was not a village at all, only a lonely family, which was hung with a signboard, like an inn.

"Where did an inn pop up in the village before this?" Xu Renyu said suspiciously.

"Maybe a hotel for backpackers." Tang Feng guessed.

Everyone jumped out of the car and took a closer look, a delicate two-story wooden house, small and exquisite, against the backdrop of the mountains, it was beautiful.

At this time, it was noon, and as soon as he entered the inn, Tang Feng smelled the aroma of food. The proprietress at the counter, about forty years old, half-aged, was very enthusiastic when she saw Tang Feng and others, "A few, are you going to go into the mountains to play?" ”

Han Jiang nodded, "Boss, can you still stay here?" ”

"Yes, the second floor is full of guest rooms, don't look at us, although it is not big, there are also four guest rooms."

"Alright, we'll have all four rooms."

"Four? Are you going to stay here? Tang Feng didn't expect Han Jiang to want to stay here.

When the proprietress heard this, she was stunned for a moment, but soon put away her smiling face and said, "This gentleman has such a big tone!" The five of you are going to live in four rooms? ”

"What? Can't you? ”

"Yes, of course, but there are already two of them."

"Oh?" Not only Han Jiang was surprised, but everyone was surprised, this season is not the peak tourist season, and the small inn in the deep mountains has already been taken first.

Who will it be? Everyone's minds are starting to figure it out.

As soon as Han Jiang wanted to open his mouth and continue to ask, Tang Feng pulled Han Jiang's shirt and said to the proprietress with a smile: "Then we will have those two rooms left." ”

So, the proprietress took everyone up to the second floor, around the staircase, there are one guest room in the east, west, south, and north, and the proprietress pointed to the west and north guest rooms, "Those two rooms are occupied, you can just take these two rooms." After speaking, the proprietress handed the key to Tang Feng and was about to go downstairs.

However, the proprietress seemed to remember something, turned around and crossed her waist, and said as if she was talking smoothly: "Our store serves all kinds of drinks and drinks, pasta and refreshments, and you can also order dishes, frying and frying, mountain delicacies, as long as there is something on the menu, we can do it." But you must remember the time of dinner, 7 to 8 o'clock in the morning is breakfast time, 12 o'clock to 1 pm is lunch time, and 6 to 7 o'clock in the evening is dinner time. ”

After saying that, the proprietress shook her fat ass and walked down the stairs. Tang Feng allocated a room, let Makarov and Yelena have a room, and he and Han Jiang and Xu Renyu squeezed into a room. Walking into the guest room, Tang Feng found that the room was not big, but it was very neat, and it was only neatly arranged, and when he opened the window, he had a panoramic view of the mountains.

As soon as Tang Feng put down his backpack, Han Jiang asked, "I was going to ask the boss lady just now, why did you stop me." ”

"You ask like that, who wants to pay attention to you?" Tang Feng Road.

"Then you ask."

"What more do I ask you? Why do you suddenly want to stay here, it's still early, and even if it's dark, we don't have tents. Is it just to ask the proprietress about some information? ”

Isn't that a good enough reason? We don't know the specific location of the Black Eagle Temple, and if we rush into the mountain, we may not find anything, so it's better to be here now and inquire about the news. Han Jiang gave his reasons.

"But now that Stephkin has arrived in Helan Mountain, maybe our old rival Stephen has also arrived, so there may not be much time left for us." Tang Feng said anxiously.

"Do they know about the Black Eagle Temple?"

"Don't forget what we said in Maqu." Tang Feng reminded Han Jiang.

"You still doubt ......" Han Jiang said halfway, and the two already understood what the other meant.

2

After settling down, a group of people went downstairs to eat, and they were full of food and drink, but Tang Feng didn't see the people in the two rooms come out. Xu Renyu, Lao Ma and Yelena finished eating and went back to the room to rest.

Han Jiang was hiding outside the house alone and smoking, Tang Feng patted Han Jiang, "What do you think?" ”

Han Jiang exhaled a large, round smoke ring, "I'm interested in the people in those two rooms now, and it's a strong interest. ”

Tang Feng pondered for a moment, "Maybe you think too much, maybe people are here to climb the mountain." ”

Han Jiang stood up and patted Tang Feng, "You said I was fierce, this time you will go out." Give more courtesy to the proprietress and get some words out of her mouth. ”

When Tang Feng heard this, he was sick to his stomach, but he had to go out by himself and go to talk to the proprietress, Tang Feng and Han Jiang returned to the lobby on the first floor, Tang Feng laughed with him, first complimented the proprietress against his will, and then began to set the proprietress words.

"At this time, is business good?"

The proprietress was complimented by Tang Feng and was on the rise, and she had to answer Tang Feng's questions, "It stands to reason that now is not the peak tourist season, and business should not be good, but maybe I have good fortune this year, no, are the small shops full?" ”

"Who are the people in those two rooms? Why didn't you see them coming down for lunch? Tang Feng asked again.

The proprietress glanced upstairs, "The one on the south side is a small couple, Qingqing and mine, like a newlywed honeymoon, and their lunch is for me to send in." ”

"Newlywed honeymoon? Come and climb the mountain? ”

"I mean, their sweetness is like a newlywed honeymoon, and I don't know if they are newlyweds on their honeymoon......"

"What about the one to the east?" Tang Feng interrupted the proprietress in time.

"There's a man living in the room to the east."

"Just one?"

"Well, just one person."

"You're here to climb the mountain, too?"

"It looks like. But the man spoke very little, and his face was gloomy, more gloomy than the other. As she spoke, the proprietress pointed to Han Jiang next to her.

Han Jiang immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You can really get shot while lying down!" You talk, I'll go. ”

Han Jiang said that he was leaving, but in fact, he squatted at the door of the house, pricked up his ears, and did not let go of every word that the proprietress said.

"What does that man look like?" Tang Feng asked again.

The proprietress thought for a while, "It's not good, not tall, not short, not fat or thin, and there is nothing special about my appearance, I look like I am in my forties." ”

"How many days has this man been here?"

"I've been here for a few days, and this man is a strange man, and when he came, he hid in the house, didn't want me to deliver food, went out and climbed the mountain for two hours every morning, and then came back and stayed in the house all the time, and didn't talk to me."

"Oh?" Tang Feng looked up in surprise at the stairs leading to the second floor.

"The man should be in the house right now." The hostess added.

Tang Feng fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Tang Feng suddenly asked the proprietress again, "Are there any other special people who have come here to stay here recently?" ”

"Special people?" The proprietress didn't understand what Tang Feng meant.

"Like foreigners?"

"Foreigners? Didn't you just come with the two. ”

"Anything else?"

The proprietress shook her head, "In this poor and remote country, there are no foreigners, and I can't see a few in a year." ”

Tang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and remembered that the most important thing had not yet been asked, "Boss, are you locals?" ”

"That's it. We grew up at the foot of Helan Mountain since we were children, and now my family and my man make a living from this small inn. "The accent of the hostess is indeed local.

"Then have you ever heard of a place called Black Eagle Temple in Helan Mountain?"

"Black Eagle Temple? It's a temple! ”

When Tang Feng heard that there seemed to be a door, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, it's a temple." ”

The proprietress thought for a while, "I have lived in Helan Mountain for decades, and I have never heard of the Black Eagle Temple, there are no temples in a radius of 100 miles around here!" ”

When Tang Feng heard this, he immediately felt cold, but he still didn't give up, "You are thinking about it, that temple may no longer be there now." ”

The proprietress shook her head blankly, "I really don't remember any Black Eagle Temple around here." Why don't you ask someone else? ”

Tang Feng was extremely disappointed and asked others? Is there anyone else in this place? Tang Feng asked the proprietress about the nearby road again, and the proprietress enthusiastically pointed him out the road, "After our shop, go to the mountain, but there will be no people, at the foot of the mountain, there is no dirt road like this in front of the door, how can there be any temples here?" ”

Tang Feng thanked the proprietress on his lips, but muttered in his heart: "Could it be that we made a mistake from the beginning, Misha's notes will not be wrong, so it seems that the Black Eagle Temple has long been gone, so the locals don't know about the Black Eagle Temple." ”

Tang Feng thought wildly, walked out of the inn, and met Han Jiang, "Did you hear everything?" ”

"Hmm." Han Jiang nodded.

"It seems that we are not in a good position, and this Black Eagle Temple is really hard to find."

Han Jiang pondered for a moment, "Ignore the Black Eagle Temple for now, I'm full of curiosity about the mysterious man in the guest room in the east. ”

"And the couples in the south room, also observe."

"Yes, we'll see if I can see these people at dinner, and if they don't show up, I'll have to find a way." Han Jiang muttered to himself.

"What can you do?"

"You'll know then."

Tang Feng and Han Jiang surveyed the situation in the vicinity again, and found nothing special, and soon, the sun set, and it was time for dinner.

3

Tang Feng and the others came to the lobby on the first floor early, they found the largest long table to sit down, the incandescent lamp in the lobby, the light was dim, Tang Feng glanced at a small square table next to him, and looked towards the staircase on the second floor, at this moment, there was a sound upstairs, it was the sound of opening and closing the door, followed by a series of footsteps, and after a while, two young people, a man and a woman, walked down the stairs.

The two of them were a little surprised when they saw Tang Feng and them, and their steps hesitated, but soon the two returned to normal, and the girl smiled and said to the boy, "There are more and more people coming to climb the mountain." ”

"yes, I didn't think anyone was coming this season!" The boy said.

The two sat down at the small square table, ordered a few dishes, and ate deliciously, but on Tang Feng's side, the five of them were expressionless and silent, and finally Han Jiang broke the silence and asked the boy, "Dude, you are also here to climb the mountain?" ”

"Yes! What about you? ”

"We're also here to climb the mountain, and it's the first time we've come here, and we want to ask you for directions."

"It's a coincidence, it's our first time here!"

Hearing that they were also here for the first time, Han Jiang had no choice but to dispel the questions he had prepared.

After everyone finished eating, everyone else went back to the house, Tang Feng and Han Jiang were still sitting in the lobby, staring at the staircase, "It seems that the mysterious guest in the East House will not show up tonight." Tang Feng said disappointedly.

"I have a way to get him to show up."

Tang Feng didn't understand what medicine was sold in Han Jiang's gourd, the two sat in the lobby for a while, and there was no one in sight, Han Jiang was about to go back to the house, but Tang Feng caught a glimpse of a picture hanging on the wall of the hall, the picture was wrinkled, yellow, and looked like it had been some years, Tang Feng was completely attracted by this picture, Han Jiang walked to Tang Feng's side in confusion, also looked at this picture, and slowly read out a few traditional Chinese characters on the side of the picture, "He...... Orchid...... Mountain...... Hide...... Treasure...... Fig. ......"

"What is this?" Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng in confusion.

"A treasure map!" Tang Feng muttered.

"Hmph, there's a treasure map in this place? Still hanging on the wall? Han Jiang felt ridiculous.

"This is a fake treasure map!" Two minutes later, Tang Feng judged.

"Fake?"

"Hmm!" Tang Feng pinched the yellowed treasure map on the wall and explained: "Although this kind of treasure map is very similar to that, but if you look closely at the things drawn on the map, it is still full of loopholes, especially this paper makes the treasure map appear round!" ”

"What's wrong with the paper? It looks old! Han Jiang couldn't see anything.

"This kind of paper is the paper produced in recent years, deliberately old, disguised as paper from the Republic of China, at that time in the Republic of China, it was impossible to make such paper, and now this kind of fake often appears in the antique market, so I said that this paper makes the treasure map reveal its original shape."

Tang Feng was explaining, and suddenly, a voice came from behind him, "You can study a piece of paper for so long?" ”

The two were startled, turned around and looked, and in the dim light, the proprietress appeared behind them silently at some point.

Seeing that they were interested in the treasure map on the wall, the proprietress pulled them to the counter, pointed to the other two yellowed pieces of paper on the wall behind the counter, and said, "You want to be interested in the treasure map, I still have it here?" ”

Tang Feng was dizzy at first sight, those two were also fake, they were completely made of current paper, old and pretended to be old objects, "Boss, with all due respect, these treasure maps of yours are all fakes, prints made of modern paper, and then they are old, pretending to be old objects from the Republic of China."

Unexpectedly, after Tang Feng finished speaking, the proprietress was not only not annoyed, but also snorted and was happy, "Nonsense, I didn't say it's true?" Who will have a real treasure map? ”

"Then you are ......"

"Isn't this to add a little vibe to my little shop?"

"Add to the atmosphere?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

The proprietress explained: "You don't know, there is a legend about treasure maps in our area since the older generation. ”

"Oh!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang were both interested.

"I also listened to what my grandfather said, saying that during the Republic of China, the warlords were fighting, and a group of strongmen robbed homes and houses, accumulating a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and later this group of strongmen was taken by the government, and the robbers who escaped hid their accumulated gold, silver and jewelry in Helan Mountain." The proprietress said with a nose and eyes.

"So you've got a treasure map here." Tang Feng Road.

"Well, for as long as I can remember, there has been a legend of a treasure map in our village, but I have never seen it. No, I opened this inn in the mountains, and in order to attract more customers, I came up with such a trick and pasted these fake treasure maps in the store to create a mysterious atmosphere. ”

"I can't see it, boss, you're quite business-minded!" Tang Feng said with a smile.

"Well, if my little shop just opens, it will be full!" The proprietress was quite proud.

"The guests of the East and South Houses aren't coming for this treasure map, are they?" Han Jiang joked.

"The little couple in the South House is definitely not, but the man in the East House, when he first came, stared at the treasure map on the wall for a long time, and asked me a few questions, just that time, I also said a few words to him, and then I didn't talk to the man."

"What question did he ask you?" Han Jiang asked.

"He asked me where these treasure maps came from, and I didn't tell the truth at first, and he lied to him that they were handed down from my ancestors, but he, like this brother, saw that these treasure maps were fake." As she spoke, the proprietress pointed at Tang Feng.

"It seems that this man still has some skills!" Han Jiang Road.

"That's why I said the man seemed to be interested in the treasure map." The proprietress said.

"Treasure map? A guest of the East House? Thinking of this, Han Jiang added another layer of doubt to his heart.

4

The hour hand had just passed ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Renyu was already snoring like thunder, and Tang Feng was also a little tired, but at this moment, Han Jiang stabbed Tang Feng, Tang Feng didn't understand what he meant, and followed Han Jiang out of the door, the lobby was dark, and there was no light on the second floor, Han Jiang whispered to Tang Feng: "I'll go into the east room immediately, if I am found by the people inside, I will pretend to be drunk, saying that his door is not locked, you hurry over and put me out, if I make two mouse calls inside, you go in." ”

Tang Feng was a little confused, "How did you get in?" ”

Han Jiang took out another piece of wire, "It's still the old way." ”

Tang Feng was stunned, "It seems that you are a repeat offender." ”

"The big husband acts informally." Han Jiang said seriously.

After that, Han Jiang tiptoed to the door of the East House, listened with his ear against the wooden door for a while, and was silent, Han Jiang began to pound his wire, Tang Feng sometimes felt really magical, but in less than two seconds, the door of the East House was stabbed open by Han Jiang.

Han Jiang opened the door of the East House and dodged in. Tang Feng stared nervously at the East House, and five minutes later, two small mouse cries came from the East House.

Tang Feng nervously prepared to break in and frame Han Jiang out, but he heard two subtle mouse calls, and he wondered, didn't the person in the house find Han Jiang who broke in? Tang Fenghu was suspicious, and slowly approached the wooden door, and he gently pushed the door open, for fear that the creaking sound of the door shaft would wake up the man in the house.

"As I expected!" Han Jiang's firm voice startled Tang Feng.

Immediately afterwards, a strong light from a flashlight hit Tang Feng, and Tang Feng exclaimed in a low voice: "You are crazy!" ”

Han Jiang walked over, closed the door, and then quickly swept the room with a flashlight, and finally the beam of light fell on the bed, Tang Feng found that there was no one on the bed, and the whole room was empty! "What's going on?" Tang Feng was shocked.

"When you asked the proprietress about the house in the afternoon, I thought that the man was probably not in the house." Han Jiang Road.

"Oh? Why? ”

"Who do you want to come to this barren mountain and wilderness, show up every day, and shut himself in a hut the rest of the time?"

"Well, where did he go?"

"Who do you think it will be when you come to Helan Mountain at this time, and such a mysterious person?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng rhetorically.

"Are you suspicious of Stechkin? But the proprietress said that she didn't see any foreigners! ”

"Don't forget our old friends."

"Stephen!" Tang Feng exclaimed. "He also came to Helan Mountain, it seems that this place is full of murderous and dangerous!"

"Of course, we can't say for sure that the person living in this house is Stephen, maybe someone else, but I think this person has something to do with what we're looking for." Han Jiang said, turning the flashlight to other corners, "Look, let's see what clues this guy can leave behind." ”

5

Tang Feng also turned on the flashlight, and the two of them searched carefully in the east room, searching around, only a gray suitcase under the bed caught their attention. Tang Feng and Han Jiang glanced at each other, then dragged out the suitcase, "click", the suitcase was not locked, and was directly opened by Tang Feng, Tang Feng's heart suddenly cooled by half, it seems that there will be nothing important in this box, sure enough, there is only a set of jackets, a pair of hiking shoes and a pair of gloves, and a few ordinary clothes in the box.

"A master never leaves a clue for others."

Tang Feng said that he was about to close the box, but Han Jiang pushed Tang Feng's hands away and pulled out a transparent plastic bag from the neatly folded jacket, Tang Feng was startled, and looked at it, the plastic bag was actually a yellowed piece of paper, Han Jiang looked at the paper in the plastic bag, looked at Tang Feng again, and handed the plastic bag to Tang Feng.

Tang Feng is a professional after all, opened the plastic bag, carefully took out the pieces of paper from the bag, opened it, and flattened it, Tang Feng and Han Jiang only then found that the few pieces of paper in the bag turned out to be a map, to be precise, an old map.

"It seems that there are times when the master misses." Han Jiang's eyes widened, trying to get important information from the old map.

Tang Feng had already taken a quick look at the map, "This is a hand-drawn old map of the Republic of China, which depicts the geographical mountains and rivers in Ningxia and northwest Gansu. ”

"Don't be verbose, take a picture of this old map, and get out of here first." Han Jiang Road.

So, Tang Feng took out his mobile phone and prepared to take pictures, but unexpectedly, Han Jiang took out a miniature camera from his waist as if he was doing a trick, "How can your mobile phone take a clear picture?" ”

"Nonsense, how can I compare to you old spy?"

"What an old spy, this is called professional!" As he spoke, Han Jiang quickly took a picture of the map, put it back into a plastic bag, and put it away as it was.

After doing all this, Han Jiang wanted to leave, but Tang Feng grabbed him, "We stared at it all day, and we didn't see anyone entering or leaving this house, where did you say the people in the house came from?" ”

"I think you're getting dumber and dumber now. Does this need to be asked? ”

Han Jiang led Tang Feng to the window, and sure enough, Tang Feng saw that the latch of the window in the east room was not inserted, obviously to facilitate entry and exit from the outside. Tang Feng looked at the silent mountains outside the window and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Don't think about it, let's go." Han Jiang put away the camera, and took out a small bottle from his waist like a trick, Tang Feng was stunned, "You old spy, there are so many tricks, what are you doing with a bottle of insecticide?" ”

"What an insecticide, it's an air freshener!"

Han Jiang waved his hand at Tang Feng and motioned for Tang Feng to retreat, so the two of them retreated outside, and Han Jiang sprayed his "air freshener" on the East House Floor Mountain.

The two tiptoed out of the East House, returned to the North House, opened the laptop, and connected to Han Jiang's camera, the map just now clearly appeared on the computer screen, the situation of the mountains and rivers from the Hexi Corridor to Ningxia, and the river towns were displayed in front of Tang Feng and Han Jiang little by little.

"This is an old map from the Republic of China, and it is likely that it marks the specific location of the Black Eagle Temple."

Tang Feng's words reminded Han Jiang, and the two of them moved their eyes to Helan Mountain together, but what disappointed them was that the twin towers in the mountain pass, the tombs of the Xixia kings and other places under the mountain were clearly marked on the map, but the "Black Eagle Temple" was missing.

"It seems that during the Republic of China, no one knew about the Black Eagle Temple." Tang Feng sighed.

Han Jiang nodded in disappointment, and suddenly Han Jiang pointed to the word "Lan" in the three words "Helan Mountain" on the map, and said, "Look here." ”

Tang Feng followed the direction of Han Jiang's finger, and this time he saw an imperceptible faint red circle next to the word "Lan" on the map, "What does this mean?" ”

"I don't know, maybe it represents a town." Han Jiang guessed.

"Town?" Tang Feng shook his head, "The towns on this old map are all marked with square circles, and they are drawn with ink pens. ”

"Ink pen?" Only then did Han Jiang notice the difference between the two.

And this red circle is specially marked with red ink, which is different from ordinary towns. Besides, if you look at the place it marked, it is located in the middle of Helan Mountain, and that place must be an area with high mountains and dense forests, how can there be a town. ”

"Oh? Your words reminded me of 'Black Eagle Temple' again. Han Jiang glanced at Tang Feng.

Tang Feng was startled, carefully distinguished, he searched carefully next to the red circle several times, and did not see the words "Black Eagle Temple", but when Tang Feng's gaze slowly moved to the west, his eyes suddenly widened.

6

Tang Feng found on the map that to the west of the red circle, a dotted line that seemed to be drawn with a pencil faintly appeared, and the line was twisted and stretched to the west.

Han Jiang also noticed this imperceptible dotted line on the map, "What is this?" ”

"It's like a seasonal river." Tang Feng guessed according to the common sense of general geography.

Sure enough, the dotted line quickly left Helan Mountain to the west, into the Tengger Desert, and then the Badain Jaran Desert, which twisted and twisted around the edge of the desert, and finally broke at a place called "Horsehair Mountain".

"Horsehair Mountain?" Tang Feng's gaze looked further west, and he didn't see this dotted line continuing to appear.

"From Helan Mountain to Horsehair Mountain, what does this mean?" Han Jiang frowned.

"A seasonal river that originates on Helan Mountain, flows on the edge of the desert, and finally disappears into Horsehair Mountain." Tang Feng speculated according to the common sense of geography.

"That's your judgment?" Han Jiang could hear the hesitation in Tang Feng's tone.

"Is there any other explanation?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang rhetorically.

Han Jiang thought for a moment, "According to the general practice of drawing maps, even if this intermittent dotted line represents a seasonal river, there is no need to draw a circle with a red pen at its birthplace, and I have looked at it carefully just now, next to this dotted line, there is no text mark, and the seasonal river should also have a name." ”

Tang Feng shook his head helplessly, looked at the map from beginning to end again, and found nothing in particular, "I can't think of any other possibility besides this explanation?" ”

The two fell silent, and suddenly a voice came to mind behind them, "Isn't this a treasure map?" ”

Tang Feng and Han Jiang were both startled by this voice, and when they turned around, there was a man standing behind the two, and at some point, Xu Renyu, who had been sleeping soundly, stood behind them silently, "Are you sick?" There was no sound when I got up! Tang Feng shouted dissatisfiedly.

"I have a voice!" Xu Renyu looked innocent, "I think the two of you are too involved in looking at that picture." ”

Tang Feng still wanted to compete with Xu Renyu, but Han Jiang waved his hand, "Don't be verbose, doctor, you just said that this is a treasure map?" ”

"You listen to his nonsense, he just deliberately scared us!" Tang Feng muttered.

"Who deliberately scared you, this is obviously a treasure map!" Xu Renyu's stubbornness came up.

"How do you tell? Have you seen it before? Tang Feng asked.

"I haven't seen it." Xu Renyu shook his head.

"And how do you tell it's a treasure map?" Han Jiang asked.

"Isn't that clearly written on it?"

"Written?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

"You two are just looking at the map, not paying attention to the bottom right corner." Xu Renyu reminded.

"Ahh Sure enough, there are words here. Han Jiang was stunned.

Tang Feng followed the direction of Han Jiang's finger and saw that the lower right corner of the map was written with a pen, "In the thirty-fifth year of the Republic of China, Changguo painted a treasure map according to his father's description" The word is very small, coupled with the erosion of time, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see clearly.

"What a treasure map!" Tang Feng became excited, but then Tang Feng was silent, he remembered the treasure maps he saw in the lobby at night, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold, "Another treasure map came out...... Tang Feng muttered.

Han Jiang was silent in thought, "What's wrong?" Stunned? Tang Feng stabbed Han Jiang.

"No wonder that guy in the East House is interested in the treasure map in the lobby!" Han Jiang remembered the words of the proprietress again.

"Yes! It seems that this man really came to hunt for treasure, so he went out day and night. It's just that...... It's just that the treasure maps of the proprietress are all fake, is this one real? I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't carefully check the authenticity of this picture. Tang Feng said suspiciously.

"Tang Feng, I was thinking about a series of questions just now, assuming that this picture is a real treasure map, then, with this sentence on the treasure map, a series of questions will follow."

Tang Feng understood what Han Jiang meant, "Then let's take a look at the meaning of this sentence first." First of all, this sentence illustrates the time of the drawing, the thirty-fifth year of the Republic of China, that is, 1946; In the back, 'Chang Guo drew a treasure map according to his father', and as far as I can see, 'Chang Guk' is a personal name, and 'according to his father's description', he drew this treasure map, which is the map we see. ”

"Changguo, that is, the person who drew this map. What kind of man would his father be? Han Jiang said suspiciously.

"I don't know."

"What treasure is hidden in the treasure map?" Han Jiang pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, the red source on that picture is not ordinary?" ”

"You mean......" Tang Feng gasped in shock.

"That circle is different, and it's likely that it's a place of so-called hidden treasure." Han Jiang speculated.

"The treasure in Helan Mountain?! Is that any connection to the Black Eagle Temple we're looking for? Tang Feng asked rhetorically.

Han Jiang leaned on the computer screen again and looked at the treasure map carefully, especially the red circle, but except for the dotted line that appeared next to the red circle, there was no other mark.

"It's really strange, since it's a treasure map, why isn't it clearly marked? What does that dotted line mean, winding all the way into the desert? What is Horsehair Mountain? Han Jiang was confused and couldn't figure out the doorway.

Tang Feng couldn't answer Han Jiang's question, and Xu Renyu heard some clues on the side, "It's really interesting, there are several groups of people on Helan Mountain, all of whom have come to hunt for treasures." ”

Tang Feng suddenly thought of something, and said: "Suppose that the red circle is the Black Eagle Temple we are looking for, and then suppose that the dotted line is the road map for finding the treasure, then let's take a look at ......"

The three of them gathered in front of the computer screen to watch, "That's not right, the dotted line on the west side doesn't pass the twin towers of the mountain pass at all, and it's obviously different from the route we took." Tang Feng speculated.

"If you speculate, then why did the god who lived in the East House mysteriously live here, and he should have entered the mountain from somewhere else!" Han Jiang Road.

"Speaking of the man who lives in the East House, who is he? According to the inference of time, in the 35th year of the Republic of China, most of the people who drew this treasure map should not be alive anymore, and even if they are still there, it is impossible to go to Helan Mountain to hunt for treasure. Tang Feng said.

"And he wants to come to hunt for treasure, and he goes directly into the mountains to find it, why does he live in this inn and come out mysteriously at night?" The more Han Jiang thought about it, the more chaotic he became.

"I see that you are full of food, and you ran to someone's house to find a broken treasure map, and you can't explain it clearly, so you are looking for trouble." Xu Renyu seemed to hear the clue, "Let's think about what we're looking for." ”

Xu Renyu's words made Tang Feng and Han Jiang shut up, and they couldn't connect the purpose of their trip with the mysterious treasure hunter Dongwu.

7

Tang Feng didn't sleep well all night, the next day before dawn, in a daze, Tang Feng felt as if someone was standing in the house, he opened his eyes suddenly, and found that it was Han Jiang, Han Jiang stood on the edge of the curtain, lifted the corner of the curtain, and looked out quietly, Tang Feng got dressed and came to Han Jiang's side, "Didn't sleep all night?" ”

"Strange?!" Han Jiang didn't seem to answer the question.

"What did you find again?"

"I've been monitoring the East House since last night, but I haven't seen the man come back."

"Nonsense, since that person ran out secretly, of course he won't come back from the inn gate."

"Of course I know, you see from the back window of our house that you can see the road up the hill, and there is no one to see all night; Even if the man escaped my surveillance and ran back from the window of the East Room, there would have been movement, but I didn't hear any movement. ”

"Maybe you took a nap and didn't notice, it's normal."

Han Jiang didn't answer, Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang's red and swollen eyes, and said, "I'll help you keep an eye on it, you hurry up and sleep for a while, we have to leave today." ”

"We're not leaving today." Han Jiang Road.

"Not leaving?" Tang Feng was a little surprised.

"Take a day off and then go. I'm going to meet that mysterious man in the East House for a while. ”

"Then you don't have to keep guarding like this! Didn't the proprietress say it yesterday? The man would come out every morning. ”

Han Jiang saw that the sky was already bright, and said, "Let's go to the lobby and wait, I don't believe that I can't see this person's true face." ”

Tang Feng had no choice but to go to the lobby with Han Jiang, but fate made a joke with Han Jiang, and they waited from early in the morning until almost ten o'clock, and they didn't see any movement in the East House.

Tang Feng had no choice but to listen to the proprietress , the proprietress shook her head and said, "It's strange today, that person would come out in the morning a few days ago, but today is good, and he simply disappeared." ”

Tang Feng still wanted to ask, but there was movement upstairs, and after a while, the little couple who lived in the south house walked down with their bags on their backs, "Are you leaving?" Tang Feng asked.

"Well, we're leaving." The girl replied with a sunny face.

The two settled the bill with the proprietress and walked out of the inn with a smile, looking at the backs of the two of them drifting apart, Tang Feng and Han Jiang invariably fell into deep unease.

8

Back in the house, everyone discussed countermeasures, and Han Jiang decided to explore the East House again in the evening, regardless of whether there was any result or not, and set off early tomorrow morning. Everyone had no choice but to obey Han Jiang's arrangement.

Throughout the day, there were no new customers in the inn, and the proprietress was rarely seen, and after dark, the inn quieted down, as if it were one with the surrounding mountains.

Han Jiang looked at the watch on his wrist, the hands slowly went straight to half past nine, the east house still did not move, the hands on the watch walked forward minute by minute, at a quarter of ten, just when Han Jiang was a little disappointed, suddenly, there was a clear sound in the east room, Han Jiang's eyes widened suddenly, this sound obviously exceeded his expectations, how could there be such a loud noise?

Tang Feng was also surprised, but it was only for a moment, the strange sound stopped again, and the terrible silence returned inside and outside the inn, what was that sound? Messy footsteps? The sound of moving objects? ……

When Tang Feng was thinking nonsense, Han Jiang had already opened the door of the house, and tiptoed to the door of the East House again, Tang Feng also followed to the door of the East House, Han Jiang reached out and pushed the door of the East House, as yesterday, the door was closed, Han Jiang took out his "crime tool" as usual and gently tinkered in the door lock, and then opened the door lock, Tang Feng instinctively reached out to push the door, but this time he was pulled back by Han Jiang, Han Jiang motioned to Tang Feng to follow behind, stretched out his left hand sideways, and gently pushed the door open, Tang Feng noticed that at the moment when the door was pushed open, Han Jiang quickly pulled out his Type 92 pistol from his waist.

Tang Feng knew that Han Jiang must have felt the danger, and he also became nervous, Han Jiang flashed and entered the East House, and Tang Feng also followed Han Jiang's example and dodged in.

Han Jiang didn't dare to turn on the flashlight rashly, he could only slowly grope in the dark, Han Jiang stood still in the room, he observed in the dark, this kind of observation is sometimes not done by eyes, but with every organ on the body, every pore, every cell...... After a long thirty seconds, Han Jiang pushed the flashlight, first on the bed, the bed was the same as yesterday, neat and tidy, no one!

Immediately afterwards, Han Jiang looked around the room with a flashlight, and there was no one, "What happened to the sound just now?" The scene in the house made Tang Feng unable to suppress his curiosity any longer.

Han Jiang didn't answer Tang Feng, he walked to the bed, leaned over, and then looked at the suitcase under the bed, there was nothing under the bed! Han Jiang was stunned, and Tang Feng exclaimed, "What's the matter?" ”

Han Jiang thought for a moment, stood up on the ground, walked quickly to the window, looked out of the window first, and there was no movement, and then Han Jiang gently pushed open the hidden window, "Look at this!" Han Jiang shone a flashlight on the windowsill.

"Floating soil!" Tang Feng saw a lot of floating soil on the windowsill.

"Nope! Footprints to be exact, and apparently not left by one person. Han Jiang said, leaning his head out of the window carefully, "I'm sure there were at least two people in this room just now." ”

"Two people?"

"That's right! Of course, what surprised me even more was not the two people, but the so much floating soil on the windowsill. ”

"What does that mean?"

"I also checked the windowsill yesterday, and there was no floating soil on the windowsill, and if the person who lived in the East House entered and exited through the window, as we had assumed, he must have deliberately erased the floating soil after each entry."

"Well, that's how it should be. But this time ......"

"But this time there was so much floating dirt on the windowsill, and with the strange noise just now, the suitcase was missing, I had a hunch that something must have happened, or...... Or what's going to happen? ”

Speaking of this, Han Jiang's eyes lit up, he slammed over the windowsill and said to Tang Feng: "Follow me!" ”

After speaking, Han Jiang jumped off the second floor. Tang Feng didn't have as good skills as Han Jiang, he hesitated again and again, and finally closed his eyes and jumped down.

As soon as his feet hit the ground, Tang Feng went crazy and complained to Han Jiang: "I can't run away with you anymore, I have to toss to death." What are you singing again? ”

"I have a premonition that something is going to happen!" Han Jiang said and walked briskly on the road up the mountain, Tang Feng had to follow, and in the dark night, the two of them galloped briskly in the silent mountains.

9

After Han Jiang walked out of a few hundred meters, he suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at a dense forest beside him, Tang Feng also stopped, and asked Han Jiang in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"I smell blood." Han Jiang's voice was not loud, but it was loud.

"The smell of blood?" Tang Feng was startled, he only felt that his scalp was numb and the soles of his feet were soft.

Han Jiang pulled Tang Feng up and walked into the dense forest, and after a few steps, Tang Feng tripped over something under his feet, soft, and seemed to be hot, the two of them were startled, turned on the flashlight and checked together, it was a person, and there was a person lying on the ground!

"Like a woman!" Tang Feng muttered, Han Jiang had already turned over the woman with her back to her, a blonde beauty, it turned out to be her!

"Fanny!" Tang Feng cried out in a lost voice.

"How could this woman be here!" Han Jiang was also shocked, he leaned down and probed Fanny's snort, which had already lost her breath, and looked down to see Fanny's chest bubbling out with red blood.

"7.62mm* close-range shot, one shot!" Han Jiang made a quick judgment.

"The corpse is still soft, it looks like it was just a gun."

"The killer is nearby?!"

Han Jiang's words made Tang Feng nervous, Han Jiang pulled out his gun, and looked around, there was only the sound of the wind blowing in the dark and dreary forest.

Five minutes later, when Han Jiang walked around the small forest and made sure that he and Tang Feng were not in danger, he returned to Fanny's body.

"What's going on? Every appearance of Fanny has been associated with Stephen before, but this time ......"

"It's the same this time." Han Jiang interrupted Tang Feng's words.

"What? Did you find Stephen? ”

"No, but I smell him, we arrived at Helan Mountain, and our old friend will not fail to appear."

"You mean the man who lives in the East House?"

"I'm not sure, but the possibility was there from the beginning."

"So you said you found the footprints of two people in the East House just now. What about the suitcase? ”

"I searched, there isn't one here, it should have been taken by the guy who killed Fanny."

"How did Fanny die? Could it be that Stephen killed him? ”

"Who knows? Maybe it's dog-eat-dog, the spoils are unevenly divided, maybe it's more complicated than we think. ”

"So what do we do now?"

"Call the police tomorrow morning, and then we'll go into the mountain as planned."

The two returned to the inn in frustration, and Tang Feng suddenly remembered something, "Now Fanny's death makes me have to rethink that treasure map." If this treasure map really belongs to Stephen, then the red circle on the treasure map is very interesting. ”

"You're saying Stephen is also looking for the Black Vulture Temple, and the red circle in the treasure map represents the Black Vulture Temple!" Han Jiang exclaimed.

Tang Feng nodded, "I can only explain it this way, but there are still many questions, whether the red circle represents the Black Eagle Temple, or some other treasure place, why don't we see the specific route to get there on the map, and there is no text explanation, I really don't understand, what is this treasure map?" ”

"Could it be that the dotted line represents the route?"

"Even if the dotted line represents the route to the red circle, it is useless, there is no reference around the dotted line on the map, and it is vague and intermittent, and no one can find the path to the red circle through this so-called treasure map."

Han Jiang couldn't explain all this, so he had to choose to be silent, the two of them were busy for most of the night, they were exhausted, and they had to set off tomorrow to hurry, so they had to fall asleep first.