Chapter 10: The Woman in the Mask
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Zhao Yong's death was terrible, his chest seemed to be torn by some sharp weapon, his ribs and internal organs were all exposed, and the blood was slowly spread around his body, flowing, like a stream moistening the cracked rammed earth on the ground of the city tower, Tang Feng saw this scene, he was nauseated, and hurriedly covered Liang Yuan's eyes, but Liang Yuan still witnessed this bloody scene, and hurriedly turned around and ran to the gate of the city tower, and vomited all the things he ate last night.
Han Jiang and Tang Feng stood beside Zhao Yong's corpse in a daze, standing for a long time before Han Jiang spoke, "Tell me what you think." β
"Opinion?" Tang Feng quickly sorted out his thoughts, "I first thought of two questions. β
"Oh! Which two questions? Han Jiang twisted his face and looked at Tang Feng.
"One, why is Zhao Yong here? Isn't Old K disbanded? ......" Tang Feng said this, stopped, and turned to look at Han Jiang.
Han Jiang wiped the beads of sweat from his face and sighed: "Actually, it's not strange that Zhao Yong appeared here, until he found Hanhai Mi City, Lao K wouldn't really be disbanded." β
"Oh! Are you so sure? Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang suspiciously.
Han Jiang nodded heavily.
"So Zhao Yong is also here for Hanhai Mi City? But didn't they lose the jade interstitial? Tang Feng became more and more puzzled.
"I think he's here for Hanhai Mi City, as for the jade interstitial screen...... Han Jiang wanted to speak and stopped, "Since he can get here, he must have their roadmap." β
"If Zhao Yong came to look for Hanhai Mi City, how could he come alone? Who is the person who has been with you since the gunshot that came out yesterday? Could it be Zhao Yong? Is he the mysterious fourth man? "Tang Feng has a series of questions.
"That's your second question?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.
"Nope! The second question is who killed Zhao Yong? β
Han Jiang understood what Tang Feng meant, "These questions of yours are actually the same meaning, you suspect that Zhao Yong is not coming alone, there must be someone else, and this person is likely to be the one who killed Zhao Yong!" β
Tang Feng nodded, "If Zhao Yong is considered a mysterious fourth person, then there should be at least one more personβthe mysterious fifth person." β
"Mysterious Fifth Man!" Han Jiang muttered, lost in thought.
Tang Feng continued to analyze: "I just checked Zhao Yong's body, and I didn't find a gun, his fatal wound was not a gunshot wound, and there were no items that Zhao Yong was carrying here, so I didn't see a gun at all!" So, what happened to the two gunshots yesterday and today? Also, since there were gunshots, and neither of them was directed at us, then we can be completely sure that the one who fired the shot must have been attacking someone! β
"That means it's definitely not alone!" Han Jiang nodded and said, "Tang Feng, your analysis is in place, as you said, in this dead city, in addition to us and Zhao Yong, there should be at least one mysterious guy." Do you think that person killed Zhao Yong, but have you noticed that the wound on Zhao Yong's body is very strange and special! β
Tang Feng immediately understood what Han Jiang meant, "Are you saying that the wounds on Zhao Yong's body are very similar to the wounds on those dried corpses we saw in the stables yesterday?" β
"That's right! It's a lot like. Han Jiang said and squatted down again, carefully observing the terrible wound on Zhao Yong's body.
Tang Feng also seemed to fall into deep thought, and after a long time, Tang Feng's eyes suddenly lit up and exclaimed, "Could it be ...... Could it be that the beast has come back to life? β
"Resurrection?" Tang Feng's words surprised Han Jiang.
"If so, then the mysterious fifth person can be ruled out. Zhao Yong encountered a fierce beast, so he shot, but in the end he was killed by the fierce beast! Tang Feng put forward another hypothesis.
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Han Jiang listened to Tang Feng's second hypothesis, shook his head, and finally said his judgment, "First of all, did you just say that Zhao Yong would come here alone?" I don't think so, and secondly, if it was some kind of beast that attacked Zhao Yong, why didn't we encounter it? Furthermore, if those two gunshots were fired by Zhao Yong, then what about the guns? Could it be that the beast will take Zhao Yong's gun? Of course, the more important thing is the wound on Zhao Yong's body. β
"Wounds? What happened to the wound? Tang Feng didn't understand what Han Jiang meant.
Han Jiang glanced at the terrifying wound on Zhao Yong's body again, and then explained: "I carefully examined the wounds on Zhao Yong's body, it looks like the wounds of some kind of fierce beast's claws, very similar to the dried corpse wounds we saw in the stable yesterday, but the depth of the wounds on Zhao Yong's body, the degree of tearing and the degree of gravity cannot be compared with the wounds of those dried corpses in the stable. β
"Oh! How I didn't see it! β
"Yesterday, I also carefully inspected the wounds on the dried corpses, the depth of the attack, the degree of tearing and the degree of gravity far exceeded Zhao Yong, the most obvious is the ribs, almost all the ribs on the dry corpses were broken to varying degrees, you can imagine how powerful the beast that attacked them was, how ferocious! And although Zhao Yong's chest was torn, there was no sign of broken ribs, which showed that the power of attacking Zhao Yong was far less than that of attacking the beast that attacked the dry corpse. "Han Jiang analyzed it in a meticulous way.
"Then according to what you mean, who killed Zhao Yong? Is it a miniature version of the beast? Or is it the more mysterious Fifth Man? Tang Feng asked Han Jiang rhetorically.
Han Jiang was not in a hurry to answer Tang Feng, he squatted down again, gently flipped Zhao Yong's body with gloves, and looked at it carefully, Tang Feng urged with some impatience: "What did you find again?" β
"Look at Zhao Yong's wrist!"
Under Han Jiang's prompting, Tang Feng found that Zhao Yong's hands were behind his back, and the wrists of his hands were red, swollen and bruised, "This ......"
"And the dust on the ground!"
"What kind of silk fabric dust is this?!"
"That's right! This shows that Zhao Yong had his hands tied behind his back for a long time before he died! Han Jiang said affirmatively.
"Tie your hands behind your back?"
"Obviously, this can't be done by a beast, no matter how powerful the beast is, it doesn't have the ability to do this!" Han Jiang further analyzed, "This can only be done by people, and I'm sure that Zhao Yong has been tied up here before, and then look at the jack gate that almost killed us just now." β
Han Jiang said and walked to the center of the city tower, where Liang Yuan was standing, looking down through a crack in the ground. Tang Feng also walked to the gate, Han Jiang squatted down, and after careful observation, said: "Look, this is the jack gate that almost killed us just now, it was originally stored in the city tower, and it was put down with a hanging rope when needed." β
"Team Han, I've always had a question, the person who attacked us just now should be in the city tower, but after we came up, we only saw Zhao Yong's body, what about that person?" Liang Yuan asked suddenly.
Han Jiang looked at Liang Yuan, "The eldest lady will also think about problems now." β
"It would have been!" Liang Yuan had a hard mouth.
"Okay, it would." Han Jiang turned around and walked to the wheel next to the gate, "I thought the same as Liang Yuan, I thought that I could catch the person who attacked us by rushing up, but when we rushed up the city wall, we didn't see anyone, so we locked the target in the city tower, but after coming in, there was only Zhao Yong's body inside, and there was still no one missing, I was also puzzled, but I just glanced at this wheel and understood what was going on!" β
"Spinner wheel?" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan's eyes were focused on the wooden wheel, and Tang Feng was surprised to find that a brand-new thick rope was wrapped around the wheel.
"Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, I think you have seen that the jack gate is controlled by the two runners on both sides of the gate, this runner is still the original runner, but the rope on this runner is no longer the rope of the Yuan Dynasty, this is a new rope, looking at the material, it can only be a rope made recently!" Han Jiang said in the end, accentuating his tone.
"This proves that there is a mysterious fifth person in Qianhu Town! It is also very likely that Zhao Yong was killed by that person. But what about the man? Tang Feng was still puzzled.
"That man ran away early!"
Tang Feng didn't understand what Han Jiang meant, but Han Jiang picked up a broken rope from the gate, "Look, there are traces of fire on it!" β
"Traces of fire?!" Tang Feng realized that the rope in Han Jiang's hand was indeed broken by the fire.
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Han Jiang stood up, clapped his hands, and began to speculate on everything that might have been: "I think things should be like this, we heard a gunshot yesterday morning, and it is likely that Zhao Yong had already lost his freedom and was tied up here at that time. And the gunshot we heard just now, I speculated that Zhao Yong probably broke the rope that tied him back, so there was a fight with the man, during the fight, it was probably Zhao Yong who fired a shot, of course, it may also be the man who fired the gun, in short, the gun was not a weapon that killed Zhao Yong, but a strange thing. The man must have known about our existence, and had been following us in the shadows even yesterday, and after he killed Zhao Yong, he knew that the sound of gunfire would attract us, so he hurriedly cleaned up the scene, took away Zhao Yong and his own belongings, including guns, and then in order to trap us in the urn city, he pulled out a piece of rope from the runner in advance, and then calculated the approximate time for us to arrive, and lit a long enough rope to burn the rope that controlled the jack gate when the rope burned to the end......"
"Trap us in the urn city." Tang Feng took Han Jiang's words, "Do you mean that person doesn't want to kill us, but just traps us in the urn city?" β
"I think so, after all, it's too unreliable to kill the three of us with a jack gate! Even Zhao Yong, he didn't want to kill now, but because of Zhao Yong's resistance. Han Jiang explained.
"Yes! Zhao Yong was born in the Marine Corps and is full of kung fu, who can subdue him? Tang Feng shook his head, unable to believe it.
"The person who killed Zhao Yong must be extremely smart, this can be seen from his accurate calculation ability, and this person's psychological quality is extraordinary, after killing Zhao Yong and alarming us, he still calmly cleaned up the scene before leaving!" Han Jiang constantly describes the characteristics of the murderer.
"But with Zhao Yong's skills, few people can subdue him!"
"Yes, Zhao Yong is very skilled, even it is difficult for me to subdue him, but don't forget, if it is an acquaintance, someone you know will sneak attack......" Han Jiang did not continue.
Tang Feng heard that there was something in Han Jiang's words, and his eyes lit up, "Doesn't this go back to my original question, who is Zhao Yong coming with, the murderer must be familiar to Zhao Yong!" β
"Who else do you think there will be in Old K?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.
"If you exclude a few people who haven't shown up, and then exclude a few of us, only Xu Renyu and Professor Luo will remain, Professor Luo has bad legs and feet, and he is old, obviously the murderer will not be him, then the murderer can only be - Xu Renyu!"
When Tang Feng said Xu Renyu's name, his voice trembled a little, he still couldn't believe that it was Xu Renyu who killed Zhao Yong, but Han Jiang gave him an affirmative answer, "I think Xu Renyu is the most suspicious, he is a doctor, he has a high IQ, and he has extraordinary computing ability, especially the hands and feet that the man did on the wheel, which made me immediately think of Xu Renyu, he used to like to fiddle with these gadgets the most!" β
"Yes...... But why did Xu Renyu kill Zhao Yong? Could it be that he is the general's man? Liang Yuan asked in surprise.
"Yes, I get along with Xu Renyu day and night, I have never seen that tattoo on his body, and I have never found any misdeeds in Xu Renyu!" Tang Feng felt that his brain was a little messy, and he tried his best to recall every moment of his relationship with Xu Renyu.
Han Jiang was silent, he reached out and touched his body, he was looking for a cigarette, but his right hand was clearly trembling, and he finally smoked a cigarette, Han Jiang lit the cigarette tremblingly, took a sharp puff, and then walked towards the door.
Tang Feng had never seen Han Jiang tremble like this, even in the most dangerous enemy and the most terrifying environment they had ever faced, Han Jiang had never trembled like this.
Tang Feng and Liang Yuan also walked out, Han Jiang looked at the silent Qianhu Town at his feet in a daze, for more than 700 years, it stood dead and silent on the desolate Gobi Desert, sunrise and sunset, spring, summer, autumn and winter...... Han Jiang was full of thoughts, and in this scorching summer, he felt a trace of sadness.
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Tang Feng knew that Zhao Yong was Han Jiang's most reliable comrade-in-arms, although there were misunderstandings and unpleasantness later, but at this moment, Tang Feng really couldn't think of any language in this world that could comfort a tough guy like Han Jiang!
Tang Feng gave Liang Yuan a look, Liang Yuan walked to the side with interest, Tang Feng patted Han Jiang on the shoulder, "Don't be sad, we will avenge Zhao Yong." β
Han Jiang endured his grief and indignation, snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and said hatefully: "Yes, I will kill that murderer with my own hands." β
"Xu Renyu?!" Tang Feng asked softly.
"Nope! I can't say for sure yet, but Seo In-woo is the biggest suspect right now! Han Jiang seemed to have come back to his senses at this moment, he lit another cigarette, and said slowly: "I just thought back to what Xu Renyu did, and I don't believe that he is a general. But ......"
Han Jiang didn't finish speaking, and suddenly, Liang Yuan's exclamation came from behind them, "Car!" Tang Feng, Team Han, come and see, there is a car on the Gobi Desert. β
Liang Yuan's scream woke up Han Jiang and Tang Feng, who were still pondering, and the two hurried to the outside of the city wall, looking at the sky, and sure enough, on the boundless Gobi Desert, there was an off-road vehicle that was speeding towards the depths of the desert, "That car is driving farther and farther away from us!" Tang Feng saw the clue.
Han Jiang slapped the city wall and ordered loudly: "Chase!" β
"Chase?!" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were a little surprised, "Are you sure it's the car driven by the murderer?" β
"Whether it's or not, you have to catch up and see!" Han Jiang said categorically.
"Yes...... But the car is far away from us, and we still have to rush out, can we catch up? Liang Yuan said worriedly.
"With me, few people have more car skills than mine!" Han Jiang's words were full of confidence.
Tang Feng and Liang Yuan stopped talking, and the three of them hurriedly slid down from the gravel pile again, Han Jiang, who has always been agile, almost slid down from the gravel pile this time, Tang Feng sweated for Han Jiang in his heart, for fear that Han Jiang would be hot-headed and lose his mind because of Zhao Yong's death!
The three of them jumped into the car, Han Jiang didn't wait for Tang Feng to sit down, he stepped on the accelerator and rushed along South Street and East Street to the low wall to the east, Han Jiang's car was fast, Tang Feng was afraid that something would happen to him, so he loudly dissuaded Han Jiang, but Han Jiang pretended not to hear it at all, the speed of the car was getting faster and faster, "You are going to have an accident if you drive like this-" Tang Feng dragged the last word for a long time.
Strange to say, after Tang Feng shouted the last word, Han Jiang slammed on the brakes and parked the car forty or fifty meters away from the low wall, Tang Feng fixed his eyes and looked, in front of him, it was the low wall, outside the low wall, about twenty meters was the Jingguan built with tired bones, at this moment, Tang Feng felt that the skeletons on the Jingguan were sending a weird smile to them.
"What to do? If you rush over, the donkey is likely to crash into the Kyokan behind! Tang Feng reminded Han Jiang loudly.
Han Jiang ignored Tang Feng, lay on the steering wheel, staring ahead in a daze, suddenly, Han Jiang started the donkey again and reversed backwards, and then, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan felt the speed they had never had before, they knew that Han Jiang was crazy this time!
Han Jiang's eyes were like lightning, he held the steering wheel in his hand, and looked firmly at the low wall in front of him...... The speed of the car was getting faster and faster, and Tang Feng felt that the donkey seemed to have left the ground, and he and Liang Yuan closed their eyes in unison, not daring to look ahead.
Liang Yuan let out a scream, and the donkey slashed an incredible arc in mid-air, flying over the low wall, and also over the Jingguan, until the donkey fell heavily on the ground, which shocked Tang Feng and Liang Yuan to open their eyes, and Tang Feng was surprised to find that they not only jumped over the low wall, but also jumped over the Jingguan.
"This ...... It's incredible! Have you ever practiced flying? Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang in surprise.
Han Jiang didn't pay attention to Tang Feng's question, and he didn't have the slightest excitement, he slammed the direction on the Gobi Desert, kicked up a huge amount of smoke and dust, and then drove the donkey through the smoke and dust, and sped straight to the south where the off-road vehicle was found.
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Han Jiang drove the donkey along the city wall of Qianhu Town and turned to the south gate, and Tang Feng was surprised to find that outside the south gate, there were two Beijing temples on the left and one on the right, the size and style were exactly the same as the one on the east side.
Don't allow Tang Feng to look at it more, Han Jiang has already driven through the south gate at a gallop, Tang Feng looked at the car window, the horizon was full of yellow Gobi Desert, and there was no shadow of the off-road vehicle.
"Do you see the car?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.
Han Jiang didn't answer, still looking firmly ahead, moving forward at full speed, Tang Feng took the electronic compass and roughly figured out that they were heading in the southeast direction.
"We're going further southeast, but we're off course! ......" The donkey was bounced up by the gravel on the Gobi Desert and fell heavily to the ground, and Tang Feng was so upturned that he felt that his internal organs were about to be turned over! But he still had to shout at Han Jiang, "You're going to break the car like this, did you see that car?" Why didn't I find any trace of that car? β
Han Jiang finally got impatient and roared at Tang Feng: "You shut up for me!" Don't disturb Lao Tzu to drive. β
"You're yelling at me, and I'm still going to say if you even see the car?" Tang Feng was still nagging like a Tang monk.
"You're blind! That car wasn't ahead of us? Han Jiang said angrily.
"Ahead? Where? Tang Feng still didn't see it.
"Left front, about two kilometers!" Han Jiang shouted loudly.
It's also strange to say, Han Jiang said this, Tang Feng really found the off-road vehicle, left front, about two kilometers, the car was also running wildly, but obviously that guy's driving level is far inferior to Han Jiang, Han Jiang has delayed so much time, and now he is only two kilometers away from that guy, if the person in the car is the murderer of Zhao Yong, he must not be let go!
Thinking of this, Tang Feng was speechless, staring straight at the car in front of him, the two off-road vehicles drew two long and graceful arcs on the desolate Gobi Desert, and in the end, the two cars drove almost parallelly, Tang Feng had to admire Han Jiang's superb driving skills at this time, and Liang Yuan was also excited, "Lean up, lean up!" β
Although the two cars were almost parallel, they were still far away, and Han Jiang was cautiously preparing to lean over, when Tang Feng suddenly found that a huge black rock suddenly rose on the Gobi Desert in the distance in front of them, "What is that?" Tang Feng looked at the black rock in front of him in surprise, he initially estimated that the black rock was the size of half a football field and as high as a three- or four-story building! The size of the rock is not shocking, but the sudden appearance of a lonely one in the endless desert Gobi is really surprising.
However, at this time, Tang Feng couldn't care about the black rock, their first target was the off-road vehicle, and Tang Feng could already clearly identify the model of the off-road vehicle, which was a black Grand Cherokee.
Han Jiang carefully leaned the donkey up slowly, they were getting closer and closer to the Grand Cherokee, two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, eighty meters, sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters...... When the distance between the donkey and the Grand Cherokee was less than five meters, Han Jiang suddenly shouted, "Damn, something's wrong!" β
Only then did Tang Feng and Liang Yuan notice that the cab of the Grand Cherokee, which had been driving side by side with them, was empty! "Ahh Tang Feng exclaimed.
Han Jiang was silent for a long time, slapped the steering wheel, and said angrily, "No matter how much, let's stop it first!" After that, Han Jiang was about to force the Grand Cherokee, but at this moment, Liang Yuan suddenly pointed ahead and exclaimed, "Look, what is that?" How could there be a man on that black rock! Standing Individuals! β
Liang Yuan's words startled Tang Feng and Han Jiang hurriedly looked at the huge black rock in front of them, and sure enough, faintly, they saw that there seemed to be a person standing on the black boulder.
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Han Jiang didn't speed up again, the donkey gradually slowed down, and the black Grand Cherokee continued to maintain its original speed, already ahead of them.
Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Liang Yuan all stared at the huge black rock in front of them in a daze, Tang Feng rubbed his eyes vigorously, there was indeed a person standing on the rock, Tang Feng, who had woken up, hurriedly rummaged through his backpack, took out a military telescope, and looked at the black boulder, just at a glance, Tang Feng seemed to be frozen, he saw an incredible scene through the telescope - the fiery red sun scorched the desolate Gobi Desert, and a huge black rock abruptly stood out in the Gobi Desert, On top of the boulder, there was a person, who was wearing a gorgeous robe and a high hat, and what shocked Tang Feng even more was that the person was actually ...... He was wearing a mask! An eerie mask that shimmers with a metallic sheen.
"Dai ...... Face...... Tool...... Target...... Woman...... People ......" Tang Feng trembled and came out of his mouth.
"What? How do you know it's a woman? Liang Yuan shouted.
"Don't be stupid, how is it possible!" Han Jiang said, snatching the telescope from Tang Feng's hand.
But Han Jiang only glanced at it, and he was stunned, he completely forgot to drive, and let the donkey drive arbitrarily on the Gobi Desert, getting slower and slower, "This ...... How is this possible? How could such a person, such a strange person, appear on the Gobi Desert......"
"Quick! Show me. Liang Yuan couldn't wait to snatch the telescope from the lost Han Jiang.
"Wow! What gorgeous clothes, and even more beautiful masks! Is this a dream? Liang Yuan's unexpected words made Tang Feng and Han Jiang look sideways.
"Don't you think it's scary?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.
"Terrible? How do I not think? Liang Yuan said with a smile.
"It's broad daylight, we've encountered ghosts in broad daylight!" Tang Feng accentuated his tone and yelled at Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan looked innocent, and looked at the binoculars again, "Ghost?" Didn't you say it was a woman just now, I look like it, I want to have such a set of clothes to wear, how cool and fashionable! β
Tang Feng was so angry that he took back the binoculars and looked at the black boulder again, the man was still standing on the rock, motionless, "That person is aiming at us, she is watching us!"
At this time, Han Jiang, who had come to his senses, scolded, "Damn, don't worry about so much!" It's a ghost or a human, we're all going to the meeting, and the Cherokee is already in front. β
Anyway, Han Jiang stepped on the accelerator and chased the Grand Cherokee in front of him, which made Han Jiang feel strange that the Grand Cherokee was also driving in the direction of the black rock, five minutes later, Han Jiang drove the Hummer to catch up with the Grand Cherokee again, the distance between the two cars was less than 500 meters, at this speed, it would take a few more minutes, and the Hummon would be able to force the Grand Cherokee to stop.
The huge black rock is getting closer and closer, Tang Feng can see the situation on the rock without a telescope, the person wearing the mask is still standing on the boulder, she also looks at herself, when Tang Feng's gaze touches the strange mask, he trembles violently, and he suddenly feels that behind the metal mask, there is also a pair of eyes staring at him. Tang Feng suddenly felt that this mask was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
"I won't let this guy run away again this time!" Han Jiang burst out of his mouth fiercely, he was already no more than a hundred meters away from the Grand Cherokee, Han Jiang concentrated and stared at the target in front of him, just like a hunter looking at the prey in his pocket. But at this critical juncture, Tang Feng found that the masked man, who had been standing motionless on the boulder, suddenly and slowly raised his right hand, and the index finger of his right hand was facing straight to himself, facing the donkey.
"What is she going to do?!" Tang Feng exclaimed in surprise.
Han Jiang and Liang Yuan also noticed the strange behavior of the masked man, Liang Yuan half opened her mouth, as if she was about to shout something, but she didn't shout, because the moment she opened her mouth, a strong light flashed on the black rock, and then on the Gobi Desert in front, "Bang-" suddenly rose up a scorching flame, the flames burned more and more, and soon formed a wall of fire in front of them.
Han Jiang, who was driving, hurriedly slammed on the brakes, and finally the donkey almost stopped against the wall of fire, and the rolling heat wave instantly surrounded the donkey, Han Jiang had to reverse again, Tang Feng was already stunned when he saw this scene.
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Han Jiang was forced to retreat a few dozen meters by the blazing heatwave, and then stopped the car, Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang, the two looked at each other, I don't know what to do, but Liang Yuan witnessed all this, not only was he not surprised, but shouted excitedly, "Magician!" I can't believe that we can meet magicians in the desert Gobi! β
"Stop yelling!" Tang Feng drank Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng and Han Jiang aggrievedly, and Tang Feng said angrily, "What magician? You think it's a movie! β
"It's really evil, there are many strange things in Qianhu Town, and there is actually a masked person popping up here, and it actually ...... A single hand can ignite a wall of fire. It's incredible! The well-informed Han Jiang called it incredible.
The three of them looked at the burning wall of fire in front of them in a daze, and they were at a loss for a moment, the wall of fire blocked them from the black boulder, and at this moment, they could not see the black rock, nor the masked man on the boulder, let alone the Grand Cherokee.
About a quarter of an hour later, the fire of the wall of fire gradually decreased, Tang Feng suddenly seemed to be enchanted, jumped out of the car alone, and walked straight towards the wall of fire, Han Jiang and Liang Yuan had to jump out of the car and follow.
Tang Feng walked a few meters away from the wall of fire, turned his back to Han Jiang and Liang Yuan, and suddenly shouted, "Don't come here." β
Han Jiang and Liang Yuan had to stay where they were, only to see Tang Feng sometimes squatting, sometimes lying on the scorching Gobi Desert, I don't know what kind of fame they are making? After a long time, Tang Feng suddenly turned around and said loudly to Han Jiang and Liang Yuan, "I know why a wall of fire has risen here. β
"Oh! Isn't it a magician? Liang Yuan asked rhetorically.
"Of course not. Because there are large areas of natural asphalt on the Gobi Desert here! Tang Feng said with great certainty.
"Natural asphalt?" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan exclaimed at the same time.
"Yes, it's natural asphalt, although I don't know how the man suddenly made the natural asphalt on the Gobi Desert burn, but I'm sure the cause of the burning is natural asphalt."
After Tang Feng finished speaking, the wall of fire behind him had gradually extinguished, "Keep chasing!" The three of them jumped into the car again, and Han Jiang skillfully rushed through the wall of fire that had just been extinguished, and he carefully drove the donkey, for fear that the masked man would raise his hand again and ignite another wall of fire and devour them.
However, Han Jiang's worries seemed to be unnecessary, because when they crossed the wall of fire and looked at the black boulder again, the masked man had disappeared for some time! And the big black Cherokee is long gone.
Han Jiang still didn't dare to take it lightly, he drove the donkey and quickly came to the black boulder, a big black rock, and when he got closer, Tang Feng found that the volume of the black boulder far exceeded his previous estimate.
The boulder is about the size of more than a football field, five or six stories high, Han Jiang drove the car behind the boulder, because of the shade of the boulder, it is cooler, "Look, that big Cherokee!" Tang Feng pointed not far away and shouted.
Han Jiang also saw that the black Grand Cherokee was parked not far away, the front of the car was facing forward, and it seemed to hit the black boulder headlong, Han Jiang stopped the car steadily, pulled out the dagger, jumped out of the car, and walked straight towards the Grand Cherokee, Tang Feng also pulled out the dagger, and followed closely. The two walked to the Grand Cherokee one after the other, Han Jiang made a silent gesture, and tiptoed close to the cab of the Grand Cherokee, but there was really no one in the cab!
Han Jiang put away the dagger with some disappointment, and came to the Grand Cherokee car, only to see that the front of the car had been completely deflated and deeply embedded in the black rock. β
Han Jiang turned around and looked at the rut marks on the ground, "It's really strange, let's ignore it for now and see if there are any clues in the car." β
So, the two searched the car, but only found some prosaic objects from the car, but the car caught Han Jiang's attention, Han Jiang stared at the car for a long time, and then sat in the cab, trying to start the car, but unsuccessful. "What did you find when you stared at the car?" Tang Feng asked.
Han Jiang jumped out of the car and said, "I found three points, one, this car is likely to be Zhao Yong's car." β
"Zhao Yong's car?" Tang Feng looked at the Grand Cherokee again in surprise.
"Or maybe it's the car of the mysterious fifth man!"
"You just said it was Xu Renyu's car."
"Two, I checked the rut marks on this car, and this car is one of the two rut marks that have been appearing since we entered the desert."
"Oh! Finally found one. Tang Feng sighed lightly and asked again, "What about three?" β
"Three, this car is basically scrapped, I was going to try to use this car, but it's a pity, such a good car!" Han Jiang stared at the Grand Cherokee and said regretfully.
"Damn, why am you sorry for you, you want to abandon the donkey!" Tang Feng said angrily.
Han Jiang waved his hand, "Forget it, I won't fight with you, we have more important things to do." As he spoke, Han Jiang turned around and beckoned to Liang Yuan, "Miss, do you want to go to that magician?" β
"Yes!" Liang Yuan ran over excitedly.
"Then go up!" Han Jiang left the Grand Cherokee and walked forward for more than ten steps, only to find that there was a clear staircase behind the boulder, leading all the way to the smooth, huge black rock.
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Tang Feng looked at the stairs on the boulder in surprise, "Wait, this is a staircase dug by hand." β
"What? Any questions? Liang Yuan asked rhetorically.
"And I'm sure it was excavated in ancient times, don't you think it's strange? Why did the ancients dig this staircase on the boulder in the deserted Gobi Desert? Tang Feng judged the approximate age of the staircase excavation by the chisel marks.
"Since you said that it was dug in ancient times, this problem is easy to explain, this is the battlefield of the competition between Mongolia and Western Xia, and the stairs were excavated, probably to climb to the top of the boulder and look." Han Jiang said and took Liang Yuan to climb the stairs first.
"Maybe, but I don't think it's that simple! It's already a long way from Senhu Town. Tang Feng had no choice but to follow behind and climb this staircase.
The narrow and steep staircase winded upward, and ten minutes later, the last staircase appeared in front of them, Han Jiang and Tang Feng all pulled out daggers one after the other, Tang Feng stared nervously at the boulder, it was not the first time he had faced such a staircase, facing possible dangers, but it was the first time he had faced such a strange scene!
Han Jiang jumped up first, Tang Feng saw that there was no movement above, protected Liang Yuan, and also boarded the platform on the boulder, a large platform that was very flat, but there was no one or any other life.
The three of them stood on the top of the boulder, looked around, and saw that there was no one or a car in the endless Gobi Desert. The three of them stood stunned for a long time as if they were completely in another world, Tang Feng wanted to speak, but he was afraid that the woman wearing the mask would suddenly appear behind him......
Tang Feng turned around suddenly, but there was nothing behind him! Tang Feng raised his head and let the blazing midday sun pierce his eyes, Han Jiang and Liang Yuan looked at him in surprise, Tang Feng slowly closed his eyes, his brain spun and ran rapidly, he searched in the depths of his memory, digging for that face, that strange face that shone with a metallic luster.
"Tang Feng, what's wrong with you?" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan asked with concern.
Tang Feng opened his eyes abruptly and said to Han Jiang and Liang Yuan, "I'm thinking about the woman wearing the mask. β
"How could you be sure it was a woman from the beginning?" Han Jiang asked puzzled.
"yes, the man is wearing a mask!" Liang Yuan was also puzzled.
"Intuition, the instinct that the man gave me, she should be a woman!" Tang Feng said with certainty.
"It's so unreliable!" Liang Yuan shook her head and said.
"Well, I can't prove it right now. Let's start from the beginning, with the strange dress of this man. When Tang Feng said this, he stopped again, as if reminiscing.
Han Jiang hurriedly said: "Yes, in addition to that mask, that person's clothes and hat are also very peculiar!" β
"That's right! If I'm not mistaken, the clothes and hats that the man wore were the ones worn by the noble women of the party, but ...... It's just that the mask is not what a party aristocratic woman should wear! Tang Feng thought for a while, and then said, "But ...... But I think I've seen that mask somewhere, I just recalled it carefully, and I can't remember that I've seen a similar mask, but it's ...... It's a lot like ...... Much like that Buddha statue, or ...... Or much like ......"
Tang Feng didn't say the last sentence for a long time, but Han Jiang had already guessed who Tang Feng was referring to, "You mean you don't hide the queen?!" β
Tang Feng didn't answer Han Jiang directly, but asked rhetorically, "Do you remember the avatar that Professor Chen made?" β
"Of course I do, but somehow it was damaged later!" Han Jiang recalled the avatar, but shook his head again, "But why don't I feel like I don't have a hidden queen?" The mask didn't clearly depict a person's physiognomy, but ......"
"I said it was all my personal intuition! Maybe it was the costume of a party aristocratic woman that influenced me, preconceived! Tang Feng explained.
Liang Yuan listened to Tang Feng's words and said excitedly: "If that is really the absence of the queen, then her ghost didn't come here from Petersburg?" β
"Ghosts?!" Liang Yuan's words made Tang Feng's heart tremble.
"Maybe it's been in Beijing, hehe." Han Jiang patted Liang Yuan and said with a wry smile: "My eldest lady, don't guess." β
"I'm not guessing, if the woman in the mask isn't the ghost of the Queen, then what about her? Even though there is natural asphalt on the Gobi Desert, how did the fire suddenly ignite? β
"This ......" Faced with Liang Yuan's series of questions, Han Jiang was speechless.