Captain Garlic didn't speak, he pointed to the floating sand on the side of the table leg, Xuntangshan almost understood - the height of the floating sand was not the same as the height of the floating sand piled up under the Mazha next to him.

It's no wonder that Fitan was a "puritan" researcher, and that there were absolutely no pastimes such as playing cards and cigarettes in his tent.

So, why did Fei Tang suddenly move into this tent? Where did he live? Where did his backpack and work diary go?

Soon, though, they found part of the answer.

The answer lies in the tent at the very edge of the camp, which is Wen Mushan's tent, with two sleeping bags, a desk, a washbasin, and toothbrushes, toothpaste, and some women's supplies.

Needless to say, this is the temporary residence of Wen Mushan and Shu Yun.

Wen Mushan's desk was full of materials, but no work log was found.

Next to the table was a black briefcase with documents like letters of introduction, work permits, etc – no other clues.

However, next to the desk, Captain Garlic found the imprint of another desk. The size of the table was the same as the Fitan table found in the "Leisure Tent".

It seems that Wen Mushan originally lived with Fei Tang, and later after Shu Yun came, Fei Tang moved to the "leisure tent" and left it here for Wen Mushan and his wife to live in.

But where did the Wen couple go?

Captain Garlic seemed to have found some answers, and he found a "Atlas of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Counties" in Wen Mushan's briefcase.

The atlas has apparently been frequently turned over lately, with several pages of the map being turned over with rough edges, and there are many pencil lines on the atlas that appear to have been drawn regularly lately.

Because he has been in the frontier area all year round, the experienced captain garlic can see the meaning of those lines at a glance.

- That's an outbound route!

This route starts along the valley of the Yarkand River in the northwest of Yecheng, turns west into the East Pamir Plateau, and then goes west along the Tashkurgan River that crosses the plateau to Ta County, which is known as the "Stone City", and finally crosses the Koresal Ridge from a small mountain pass north of Ta County and south of Muztag Peak, and reaches the border!

Could it be that Wen Mushan is planning to sneak across the border? But why did he do it?

Captain Garlic told Xun Tangshan about his suspicions, and Xun Tangshan shook his head vigorously.

"No, definitely not. Lao Wen has no reason to cross the border, he is an archaeologist who studies domestic history, what can he do when he goes abroad? ”

Captain Garlic disagreed.

"Lao Xun, you haven't been in the desert, have you?" He asked.

"No—what's wrong?"

With a cigarette in his mouth, Captain Garlic grinned roughly, then patted his chest.

"Inside the desert, it is all yellow sand, and there is no living thing, no other color. After staying in this kind of dry place for a long time, people's hearts will change, they will become depressed and restless, and sometimes a lot of strange ideas will come up......"

"You mean, old Wen - he had other ideas, so he ran away?"

"Who knows?" Captain Garlic shook his head, sighed, and said, "We have to go back quickly, call Ta County, and tell them to step up border patrols or something." ”

"But...... It's been more than thirty days since I last lost contact. Xun Tangshan said, "If you really want to run, I'm afraid you will have crossed the border long ago." But even if the old news runs away, what about the others? More than a dozen people have their own ideas, and they can't all want to sneak across the border, right? ”

"You're right, other people don't really have the idea of running away." Captain Garlic said.

The men's judgment was quickly corroborated, and the rescue team launched a perimeter search, and half a day later, they found the body of a migrant worker two kilometers away from the camp.

The guide who followed him recognized the identity of the migrant worker, his name was Wang Tuda, a Han Chinese, 35 years old, and a villager from Karayatur.

Wang Tuda's body was lying face down in the sand, and there was a large blood stain on the back of his head.

Captain Garlic pulled away the hair that had been clotted in blood and grit, and found a wound about three centimeters in diameter on the skull underneath, which appeared to have been hit through the brain by a blunt object and died instantly.

The murder weapon was also quickly discovered, it was next to Wang Tuda's corpse, it was a short-handled iron hammer. The tip of the iron hammer matched the scar on Wang Tu's head, and there were not only blood stains on it, but also a few hairs.

Captain Garlic leaned down and turned the king soil lying in the desert over.

Xun Tangshan couldn't help but gasp, because Wang Tuda's facial features were distorted, and he had a very frightened expression on his face, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

"It's ...... What the hell? Xun Tangshan looked at Wang Tuda's corpse and said to Captain Garlic.

"It's not." Captain Garlic stood up calmly, he pointed to Wang Tuda's bent elbow and said, "Someone is chasing him, he is afraid of being chased and killed by the people behind." ”

Only then did Xun Tangshan realize that looking at Wang Tuda's stiff limbs, it was indeed as if he was running desperately with his arms - but the people behind still chased after him, and chiseled the back of Wang Tuda's head with a hammer while he was still fleeing......

The murderer seemed to spare no effort, and his methods were extremely ruthless, a hammer chiseled through the skull, chiseled the brain stem, Wang Tuda suddenly fell to the ground in the rush, and lost his breath before he could struggle.

"It's too cruel, how much hatred is there?" Xun Tangshan shook his head and sighed.

"Something big must have happened here! Search around to see if there are any other people's bodies! Captain Garlic frowned as he yelled at the members of the rescue team.

The team members hurriedly launched a thorough search around the body, and Captain Garlic also borrowed Xuntangshan's satellite phone to report to the higher authorities in Kashgar.

However, the search did not make any progress, and the area later sent additional personnel to launch a large-scale search in an area of more than 10 kilometers. It's a pity that in the end, there is nothing to be gained except for the camp and Wang Tuda's corpse.

"What a fucking evil door!" Even Captain Garlic, who has always been quiet and calm, couldn't hold his breath.

Scary?

This word reminded Xun Tangshan, and he suddenly remembered one thing, which was related to his colleague Fei Tang. When the herdsmen found that the report of the suspected Western Night Capital was sent to the Academy of Social Sciences, Fei Tang once made an application to his superiors.

Xuntangshan read the application at that time, and Fei Tang once cited some records in the Tang Dynasty documents found in the archaeological discovery of the Zhaoli Temple before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which happened to be an evil thing - when Anxi Duhu led the Western Regions army to crusade and besiege the Xiye Kingdom, thousands of people in the city suddenly disappeared overnight!

And how similar the current situation is to what is written in the paperwork! Even thousands of people have been left without a trace overnight, and it seems that a dozen or so people disappear out of thin air is not an exception.

Is there some mysterious power here?

But just as he had the idea, Captain Garlic, who had done a preliminary autopsy in the makeshift tent, hurried over.

"Don't think about it," Captain Garlic said directly, "Wen Mushan is the suspect, he should have defected with his family and national treasures." ”