What makes Xun Tangshan even more admired is that Wen Mushan's son seems to be more calm than adults, he doesn't want to talk much, he goes to the canteen on time every day to eat, and returns to the small room where he lives after eating.

Once Xun Tangshan was worried, he knocked on the door, walked into the room and saw that Wen Tingxu was holding a book to do a question.

Xun Tangshan leaned over, and the child knew that someone had come in, but he still knelt on the chair to write and draw intently.

"Xiaoxu, do you miss your parents?" Xun Tangshan asked.

"Didn't they say they would come back?" The child looked up at him.

A few more days passed.

After mid-November, Xuntangshan finally couldn't hold his breath. He decided to start by driving to the village of Kalaya Tur.

"Kalaya Tur" means "black platform" in Uyghur, and the name comes from the towering mound in the southeast corner of the village, which is said to be the site of the ancient beacon.

Although it is a Uyghur name, most of the people in the village are Han Chinese, and they are said to be the children of Huxiang who came to Xinjiang with "Zuo Dashuai".

Xun Tangshan walked around the village and found that the villagers were also worried, because the hired people did not come back.

"This time it's not the same as last time. Last ten days, a baby ran back and said that he was adding some water to the archaeological team. ”

"Yes, he pulled a big bag of water and left."

"But no one came back this time, and we were all afraid that something would happen."

Xun Tangshan chuckled in his heart, he hurried back to Yecheng, called Beijing overnight, and told the story again.

"How? Why don't you report clearly! Hurry up and find someone! Beijing's leader said impatiently.

Xun Tangshan was startled, and he quickly called the police.

The county police and the archaeological team arrived in the village of Kalaya Tur early the next morning, and they found a dozen camels, drove two off-road vehicles, brought enough equipment, and rushed to the depths of the desert according to the direction left by Fei Tang a month earlier.

Two days later, the police arrived at the relay station that Fei Tang had previously mentioned, a small oasis.

The more you enter the heart of the desert, the less you have the concept of space and time, and all you can see is the endless sand dunes. During the day, the scorching sun is in the sky, and people can't open their eyes; At night, the cold wind washes the floor, and it is extremely cold to the bone.

Xuntangshan followed the team, walked northeast for two days, and then went directly to the north. A day later, they finally saw the red tent of the archaeological team in the sea of sand.

"There it is!" Xun Tangshan took the telescope and said excitedly.

The rescue team hurried to the tent, and when they had climbed over a sand dune, they saw a tent, which was now empty.

Not only was there no one in the camp, but even the camels and supplies were gone, and the rescue team searched the surrounding area for a long time, but they did not find any trace of the ruins of the ancient city.

Xun Tangshan was stunned, according to Fei Tang's previous statement, the archaeological team had found "incredible things" and "things that can change history".

If it's like that, it must be a major historical site. Moreover, for the sake of convenience, the camp of the archaeological team must also be located in the vicinity of the site.

But now looking around, the camp is surrounded by nothing but endless sand dunes, dunes like the most mundane waves in the sea - nothing special.

The herdsman who provided the clue said that he had found a rammed earth platform in the desert, but there was not even the slightest trace of rammed earth in this place.

What's going on here? What about Wen Mushan? What about Fei Tang? What about Shu Yun? What about the hired migrant workers?

As the saying goes, if you live to see people, you must see corpses when you die, and matter is indestructible, and it is impossible for people to disappear alive - let alone more than ten large living people.

Xun Tangshan and the police walked around the camp and found that not only were there no people, but even food and water were gone—the tents where the supplies were kept were empty.

The captain sent by the police is called Shamushak, a word that is said to mean "garlic" in Uyghur, so the local police sometimes jokingly call him "Captain Garlic".

Captain Garlic is in his fifties and is an experienced veteran detective. He had handled many cases in his life, but this was the first time the archaeological team had seen such a situation.

- Other scenes, no matter how they cover up and cover up, will leave many clues, but the archaeological team here does not seem to have any abnormal traces, and no suspicious clues can be found.

That is, judging by the situation in the camp, there is no pointing information, except that all the people have disappeared.

Captain Garlic lifted a tent that appeared to be where migrant workers lived, with dirty sleeping bags, improvised toiletries, and many food bags.

Captain Garlic inspected several migrant workers' tents one after another, but found nothing unusual - there were no traces of fights or brawls, and the tools were neatly arranged, all of which were ordinary places to rest.

However, Xun Tangshan was suspicious, because judging from the types and quantities of tools placed on them, they did not excavate or work before these people disappeared.

In other words, before the incident, everyone was not busy at the archaeological site, but stayed in the tent to rest.

- There are no ruins and no signs of work. Is it not at all like Fei Tang said that "there are major discoveries", but the migrant workers only stay in the depths of the desert to consume supplies?

No way!

Xun Tangshan leaned down, he carefully examined the tools, and found that they all showed signs of recent use. Got one? There are also obvious new curl marks on the blade of the head.

- So, Wen Mushan and Fei Tang did find and excavate something, but on the day of their disappearance, these migrant workers were not working.

At this time, Captain Garlic suddenly called him over, because he found a tent with even more fireworks.

There was also a pile of playing cards on the sleeping bag, two packs of half-opened cigarettes, and half a bottle of "Elite Qu" liquor, and next to it were two maza, on which were a few glasses, and a pack of fried broad beans. It seems that migrant workers often rest here or pass the time of boredom.

There was also a table in the tent with a hero pen and two pencils, and a dry-cell lamp with a magnifying glass next to it.

Xun Tangshan recognized at a glance that the magnifying glass was Fei Tang's thing! However, he walked around the table and did not find Fei Tang's backpack.

Fei Tang usually carries a blue canvas backpack with him, which contains a thermos kettle, various pens, rulers and other portable tools, as well as work logs, reference books and other things. But Xuntangshan searched around, but found no trace of the backpack.

Captain Garlic knelt on the ground, looked at the leg of the table, and then stood up.

"This table wasn't here, it was moved here later." He said.

"After that? What do you mean? Wasn't this Fei Tang's residence? Xun Tangshan asked with a frown.