The bushes next to the ancient plank road along the river were covered with blood, and when the three of them were surprised, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the valley, and countless birds rose from the woods, hovering over the valley and screaming, and the moon was covered with flickering and flickering, which made people feel very uneasy. Black Bull's eyes widened and asked, "Gunshots?" Depend on! Did I hear me right, but there were gunshots in the mountains? Could it be that Old Man Kang is still equipped with guns? That's fucking interesting! ”

I listened carefully, after the gunshot, the birds once again hid in the mountains and forests, the valley was as silent as ever, except for the river under my feet, there was no other movement, "It must have been the sound of gunfire just now, it should be not far in front of us, they may have encountered a beast, but then again, Old Man Kang is really powerful, and he actually got a robbery." ”

Gu Yixin said with a firm expression, "A total of 12 bullets were shot, the shooting time interval of each bullet was even, listen to the sound, this is not an ordinary gun, but the Thompson submachine gun used by the US military during World War II, this kind of Thompson has reliable performance, using closed chamber and air conduction automatic design, so the shooting accuracy is high, and the weight after loading is only 2.1 kg, which is a relatively light type, suitable for field combat, but Thompson can only load 20 bullets at a time, and the continuous firepower is relatively short. ”

Hei Niu and I were surprised to hear this, and Hei Niu asked tentatively, "Xiao Gu, how do you know so much about firearms?" ”

Gu Yixin looked at the two of us and said, "Nothing surprising, my father is an officer, and I have dealt with all kinds of weapons since I was a child. ”

Gu Yixin's background was expected by me, so I was surprised when she said it at the moment, but it was Hei Niu, who gave me a thumbs up and said to me in a smooth tone: "From the first time I saw Xiao Gu, I felt that she was extraordinary, heroic, and quite aura. Sure enough, the door tiger girl, but then again, classmate Xiao Gu, you have done a good enough job of secrecy, and you hide it so deeply in front of your close comrades-in-arms! ”

Gu Yixin looked at me, as if he was answering Hei Niu, but in fact, he was more like explaining to me, saying, "I didn't hide, but no one ever asked me." ”

I was a little uncomfortable when she looked at her, coughed dryly, quickly changed the topic, and said: "Everyone, let's get down to business, why Professor Kang and they have Thompson, we can only know when we catch up." But who knows where the blood on this bush came from? Could it be that they have been attacked by wild beasts here? ”

"No, you first take a look at these blood stains, their distribution on the branches and leaves seems to have been crossed by a sharp weapon, splashed out," said the black bull squatted on the ground, brushed away the bushes with his hands, held a flashlight to shine a photo, found that the rocks leading to the river were full of blood, and continued: "Things may be more serious than Lao Su thought, you look at this slippery stone pile, there must have been a landslide dragged under the thing, and there are blood stains all the way down, obviously someone was thrown into the river with a throat cut, the backpack we just found, It should be the victim of this victim. ”

Gu Yixin was convinced of the black bull's conclusion and asked, "Murder? Or is there infighting? I hope this victim is not Professor Kang! ”

"It's definitely not Professor Kang, an old man in his seventies who can't carry so much food." After I finished explaining, I used a wolf's eye flashlight to look around and carefully surveyed the surroundings, but found no signs of a fight.

I thought about it and felt that something was wrong, how could the same group of people, in the harsh environment of the deep mountains and old forests, easily kill their companions? If you are infiltrating the team and planning murder, you should do it as soon as you enter the mountain, so why wait until now? Two consecutive Peugeot reminders of danger, this killing method of killing, and the dense shooting sound of miniature submachine guns that sounded in the depths of the valley just now, Hei Niu and I thought of another possibility at the same time: there is still a group of people in this Black Tiger Mountain, this group of people and Professor Kang They are incompatible, Professor Kang and his party discovered the existence of this group of people, and then left us with 'danger, Don't come near,' and then they hurried on, where another group of men caught up with them and quietly killed the men at the end of Professor Kang's team and threw them into the river. Then they followed the shadow, following behind Professor Kang's team, and finally Professor Kang and the others spotted the group, and the two sides clashed head-on, and the gunshots were fired during the fierce battle between the two sides.

If this is the case, we are in a dilemma: if we give up, we are unwilling, and the black bull will definitely not agree; If we continue to follow, we will inevitably encounter another group of people, who have guns in their hands, and we are afraid that we will not be their opponents. I recounted my concerns.

Hei Niu said impatiently: "You think too much, of course you have to move on, if you really meet it, maybe it is the uncle of the People's Liberation Army who has been tracking for thousands of miles to arrest Old Man Kang, didn't he steal two pieces of gold ornaments with the Western Han Dynasty Double Beast Horse Pattern." ”

I looked up, and there were a few dark clouds on the horizon at some point, and the mountain wind blew the clouds to move towards the moon, and occasionally frightened birds flew up, and the cries were terrible, and the mountains and forests on this full moon night did not seem to be peaceful.

All the mysteries may only be solved by meeting Professor Kang.

We continued to walk along the ancient plank road along the direction of the river for more than an hour, and found from a distance that a relatively wide place in front of us was brightly lit, with mixed noise, five or six small military tents set up in a circle, and a bonfire was in the center of the tent, and a few people sat around to eat, and we crawled slowly close to the camp.

Hei Niu tilted his head and looked at it, retracted his neck and said to us: "There are a dozen or so people in total, these people seem to be in the army, and those tents and the things they use are also supplies for the army. ”

Gu Yixin also leaned over and looked at it, and said, "Although the materials used are troop supplies, looking at the walking and sitting posture of those people, they are definitely not real soldiers, but like mercenaries trained by some civilian institutions." ”

"This is fucking interesting, even the mercenaries are here, but I didn't find Professor Kang, let's take a closer look" The three of them quietly twisted their feet to the back of a relatively large military tent, lined up, and eavesdropped on their waists. The tent was illuminated by headlights, and the shadows of two people were reflected in the Bumian Mountain, one standing, the other sitting, but the sitting man had a strange posture, with his hands behind his back, as if he was tied.

"Don't bother, I won't say anything you ask." The three of them were shocked, this was the voice of Old Man Kang, it seemed that he was really caught, but who was the person who arrested him? And what is the purpose?

I only heard a middle-aged man say: "Professor, times have changed, why are you so obsessed, as long as you tell us the results of these years of research, we will treat you like Professor Jia and send you abroad to spend your old age in peace." ”

Professor Kang sneered and said, "Hmph, did Lao Jia really go to the United States?" I secretly found someone to check, there is no any flight information about him, I know what happened to him, I have studied for most of my life, and I must uncover the final truth with my own hands! ”

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and said, "I can apply to the above to let you continue to participate, but the premise is that you must obey my command and tell everything you know, you must know that the owner has changed, and the current owner doesn't trust you old guys." ”

"The owner? Hmph, he just wants to unravel this shocking secret and use it for himself! ”

Gu Yixin whispered to me with a side face: "I seem to have heard this middle-aged man's voice!" It's still somewhat familiar, but I'm not sure who this person really is. ”

"It's easy, I have a way to show you clearly." The black bull said, took out the lighter and lit a cigarette, blew the cigarette butt, and prepared to burn a small hole in the tent, but the tent is a rainproof polyester fabric, and it will catch fire in case of fire.

"Who's behind!" The middle-aged man yelled at us. Seeing that my identity was exposed, I immediately pulled Gu Yixin and beckoned the black bull to escape, but I didn't expect that before I could straighten my waist, I suddenly received a heavy kick on the side of my ribs, which directly kicked me to the ground, and I suddenly lost my breath in pain, and I couldn't even speak when I opened my mouth.

Gu Yixin screamed and rushed forward to protect me, the black bull scolded when he saw this, raised the wolf-eye flashlight in his hand and smashed it heavily on the face of the person who kicked me, he was so ruthless this time that he directly smashed the bridge of the other party's nose, and the blood flowed.

In an instant, more tall and strong people surrounded me, and as soon as I saw this posture, I estimated that the pain of flesh and skin was inevitable.

Just when I was desperate, Gu Yixin suddenly stood up and scolded loudly: "Let Zhang Xuefeng come to see me!" Everyone was stunned, looked at each other, and the fists that had been raised were put down one after another, and they were pestled in place like a stake, and they didn't dare to act without permission.

"Who's looking for me?" The middle-aged man walked towards us as he spoke, and everyone immediately made way for him, he shone a flashlight on us, and said in surprise: "Miss Gu! How did you end up here! ”

Hei Niu was also ready to be beaten, but when he turned around, Gu Yixin and the middle-aged man not only knew each other, but also knew each other very well, and hurriedly asked: "Xiao Gu, who is this, the people under his hands are so ruthless, look at Lao Su who kicked him, this is going to be a good kick, I won't spare them, don't stop me when the time comes." ”

Gu Yixin squatted down again to help me, and replied to Hei Niu casually: "Zhang Xuefeng, my father's adjutant." ”

Zhang Xuefeng is in his forties, flat head, stiff muscles on his face, and he looks like he is not smiling, when he saw that I was injured and lying on the ground, he immediately called the team doctor to come and help me check the injury, the team doctor wore a pair of glasses, his face was full of smiles, and he was very affinity, after he pinched my ribs for a while, the pain eased slightly, and Gu Yixin helped me stand up.

Seeing that the people around him didn't mean to disperse, Hei Niu pulled his throat and said, "Adjutant Zhang, your team is now officially taken over by Miss Gu." Then he pointed at me and said, "This is the future young man, and he will be under his command in the future." ”

No matter what he said, when he came to the black bull's mouth, he would have opened his mouth, and if it weren't for the special occasion, I really wanted to kick him silently. The group of mercenaries wearing military boots and holding military sticks did not move at all, as if they were waiting for Zhang Xuefeng's order, Zhang Xuefeng looked us up and down, and asked Gu Yixin with a serious face: "Mr. Gu asked you to come?" ”

Gu Yixin didn't answer, Zhang Xuefeng turned to the people around him and said, "Everyone disperses first, your own people." ”

We were taken to the fire by Zhang Xuefeng, sat down and drank boiling water, and took a closer look at the camp, only to find that in addition to the six mercenaries, there were three special people in the camp, namely the glasses team doctor, the fat man with a big back hair, and the old man smoking dry cigarettes, these three people were dressed differently from the mercenaries around them. Zhang Xuefeng asked the question just now, and Gu Yixin said slowly: "Don't you know who asked me to come?" How is Professor Kang? ”

The reason why Gu Yixin said this is to form a deterrent to the other party, so as to better control the other party.

"Miss Gu, you take a rest first, and we'll talk about other things later." Zhang Xuefeng walked over to a pile of instruments, and the fat man with a big back nodded and followed. I craned my neck and saw that the instruments were all high-tech, and there was a signal transmitter, which was like a small base station that could transmit signals deep in the mountains and communicate with the outside world.

I thought to myself: Oh no, this guy won't call Gu Yixin's father, if that's the case, we'll be exposed, Gu Yixin is the young lady of his boss's family, and he will definitely not be dealt with, but it is difficult for me and Hei Niu to say, it is possible that not only will he not be able to save Professor Kang, but he will also put us in it.

Just as I was thinking about it, the glasses doctor walked to the fire, gave me an injection, found a hole in my shoulder, and asked me where the hole came from, and helped me clean and reduce inflammation.

Black Bull rearranged our experience of encountering the water lion ghost in the morgue drain, and the protagonist who killed the water lion ghost was naturally replaced by himself. After hearing this, the glasses team doctor admired the black bull's skills and was amazed again and again. The old man who was smoking a dry cigarette also walked to the fire and sat down to make a fuss, and the old man looked like an old smoking gun, his fingers and teeth were yellowed by the tobacco that had accumulated over the years, and even the cigarette stick in his hand was covered with a layer of yellow e-liquid. Through that layer of e-liquid, it can be faintly seen that the cigarette stick is carved from a rare mutton fat jade material, with a delicate shape, which should be an object of the Ming Dynasty.

The old smoking gun instigated the black bull to talk more about his previous extraordinary experience, but the black bull gave him a blank look, ignored it, and continued to argue with the glasses team doctor.

I sniffed it, and the smell of e-cigarette oil on the old smoking gun still couldn't hide the smell of the earth, and it seemed that he was also a dirt man, and I thought to myself, the composition of this team is really complicated enough.

Not far from the bonfire, Zhang Xuefeng took the mobile phone and pressed it a few times, put it to his ear, whispered a few words, then put away the mobile phone, walked straight to us, and asked with a gloomy face: "Mr. Gu said he didn't send you!" Why are you here? ”

As soon as I saw it, my brain raced and I thought about how to explain it. The black bull picked up a military stick next to the campfire, ready to go to war at any time. Gu Yixin continued to drink the hot water in his hand without hurry, and he was probably also thinking about countermeasures.

In the middle of the stalemate, the mercenary who had been fiddling with the signal transmitter ran over, stood on his feet, and reported loudly: "Report to the chief, the signal emitted by the signal transmitter has been completely blocked by unknown objects, and many tests have failed, and we have completely lost contact with the outside world!" ”

I was relieved all of a sudden, since there was no signal, how could Zhang Xuefeng call Gu Yixin's father in the hinterland of the mountains? This guy just made a series of feints, and his mother was obviously cheating, but fortunately we were calm and didn't have time to be fooled.

Zhang Xuefeng's face was bruised, and he roared at the mercenary, telling him to roll over and continue trying.

I laughed and asked, "Is it interesting for you to do this?" Adjutant Zhang. ”

Professor Kang heard my voice and shouted at the top of his voice. I promised to walk towards the slightly larger tent, and Zhang Xuefeng stretched out an arm in front of me, looking at me with a serious face, as if he was interrogating a prisoner. I was a little flustered by his look, but I still pretended to be calm, and in order to overwhelm him in momentum, I deliberately added some warm and angry expressions to my face. He and I looked at each other for a moment, then stepped out of the way, and said in an unquestioning tone, "You only have ten minutes." ”

I opened the tent door, and when Professor Kang saw me coming in, he scolded excitedly: "Xiao Su, didn't you see the warning mark I left for you?" You're killing yourself! ”

Professor Kang was sitting on the ground with his hands tied behind his back, with abrasions on one side of his cheek and some messy hair, and it seemed that he must have suffered a lot along the way. I replied, "I have too many questions for you. ”

He angrily asked, "Are those questions that important?" Is it more important than life and death? ”

I glanced outside the tent and found that someone was eavesdropping at the door, so I gestured to Professor Kang with my eyes and asked in a low voice, "Why did you introduce me to this Black Tiger Mountain." ”

Professor Kang was stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to expect me to ask this question first, thought for a moment, and replied in a hoarse voice: "I am entrusted by someone. ”

"Who?"

"I don't know who he is or what his purpose is, but as long as I bring you into Black Tiger Mountain, he will tell me the location and entrance to the Tomb of the Thorn History of Yizhou in the Western Han Dynasty. I searched for the Western Han Dynasty tomb for 30 years but couldn't find it. ”

I asked, "You can't find it, so why believe he can find it?" ”

"He must know that the location of the tomb of King Liang of Niujiao Mountain is what he told me."

I learned from the following Q&A with Professor Kang that there was a mysterious person who asked Professor Kang to lead me to the Black Tiger Mountain in exchange for the location of the Assassin Tomb in Yizhou, Western Han Dynasty. Professor Kang was convinced of this man's ability, he had been in contact with Professor Kang a few years ago, in order to gain Professor Kang's trust, he had informed Professor Kang of the location of the tomb of King Liang on Niujiao Mountain, and he had appeared in a dead corner of the excavation site during the archaeology of the tomb of King Liang, Professor Kang found him, jumped off the burial pit and prepared to talk to him, he hinted to Professor Kang not to make a sound, Professor Kang had to pretend not to see it and return to the ground.

Professor Kang's description is consistent with the series of actions we see in the video materials, but Professor Kang himself is unaware of his temporary disappearance in the tomb of King Liang.

I remembered that I had just heard the conversation between Zhang Xuefeng and Professor Kang outside the tent, and I knew that there must be something hidden in this, and Professor Kang's identity may not be so simple. So he thought for a moment and said in an unavoidable tone, "Now, it's time to tell me about you and the organization you belong to." ”

Professor Kang stared at me with complicated eyes for a while, let out a long breath, and said: "I know that I will definitely not be able to go back on this trip, and they will not let me get out of this Black Tiger Mountain alive, I can tell you about it, but you must leave the archaeological institute after you go back, it is not a place where you can stay."

Professor Kang said that in his early years, he and several archaeologists were recruited into a mysterious organization, and no one knew who the leader of the organization was. They were paid very well, and they were transported to the archaeological institute through special channels, and in the name of archaeology, they searched for the Book of Heaven buried in the ancient tomb of the Western Han Dynasty warlock Li Shaojun on the land of China, which recorded the secrets of antiquity. With the excavation of more and more ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty, they have more and more information, just when the research is about to come to an end, the leadership changes, the organization has undergone a huge change, his former colleagues have been purged one after another, the organization has been completely replaced, and the group of people outside the hood is ......

Before he finished speaking, two coughs came from outside the tent, and Zhang Xuefeng said, "It's almost time, Mr. Su!" With that, he lifted the tent curtain and walked in.

I stepped forward, seized the last opportunity, lowered my voice and asked Professor Kang, "Why did you take those two gold medals with the double beast devouring horse pattern?" ”

"There's the key to unlocking the shocking secret, the only key!" Professor Kang coughed violently, so that he curled up on the ground with coughing, I reached out to help him, he took the opportunity to quietly stuff a note into my hand, I held it tightly and didn't dare to look at it, I put it in my pocket, and walked out of the tent quickly under Zhang Xuefeng's watchful eyes.

I glanced at the man who was eavesdropping outside the tent, this person with a big back combed and a shiny face, it was Professor Kang's nephew, Kang Wanquan. I immediately understood that this guy must have been in concert with the outside and informed Zhang Xuefeng of Professor Kang's whereabouts, which led to Professor Kang's capture.

I went to the campfire and took the opportunity to pee and sneak a glance at the note, which read: Tonight, the black water pool ahead, go quickly! The handwriting is sloppy, presumably when we were fighting outside the tent just now, Professor Kang took the opportunity to write it.

I looked at this heavily guarded camp, and thought to myself, Zhang Xuefeng has always been suspicious of us, and if he accidentally reveals his stuffing, Hei Niu and I will definitely not end well. I have to find a way to get to the Black Water Pool in front of us as soon as possible, so that we can find a chance to get rid of these people, and I can know who the person who tried his best to lead me into Black Tiger Mountain is, and what his purpose is for all his troubles.