Chapter 43: Finding a Clue
The team led by Wei Yi was a total of six people plus him. Among them, there happen to be Nangong Rong and Situ Nan. This saved Wei Yi a lot of trouble. As Wei Yi walked, he asked Nangong Rong, a delicate man with eight faces, to help, and introduced the other three one by one.
Nangong Rong was obviously very familiar with everyone. He introduced those people to Wei Yi one by one. With the help of Nangong Rong, Wei Yi quickly became familiar with everyone.
Wei Yi knew that his ability was limited, so he arched his hand towards everyone and said modestly: "Everyone, I am only a shallow learner, and my ability is limited. Although there is a general understanding of this place. But I really don't dare to be proud. Wait, it is still up to you to work together to find the missing compatriots as soon as possible. Please do your part. If I have done something inappropriate, please bear with me for the sake of my shallow experience. ”
He paused, looked around at the crowd, and saw that everyone was silent, but everyone was smiling. Obviously, everyone present had no ill feelings towards Wei Yi. Seeing that no one spoke, Wei Yi smiled and continued: "If I have something inappropriate, please don't worry about it, just tell me directly." ”
Everyone present was extremely satisfied with Wei Mi's attitude, and said that they would do their best to find the missing person as soon as possible. Nangong Rong, who was standing on the side, looked at Wei Yi with interest, and his good impression of this person rose a few points. In his heart, he has put Wei Yi at the height where he can become a friend.
Wei Yi didn't know that because of his speech, he had invisibly narrowed the distance between him and Nangong Rong. This laid an extremely important foreshadowing for his future affairs. He thanked everyone, invited Nangong Rong to lead the team again, and went forward to investigate.
Wei Yi led the people, and after passing through several ravines and mountain streams, he gradually approached a hill. The hill has a gentle terrain and an excellent view of the surrounding area. Wei Yi thought about it, and walked up with everyone. He felt that by climbing high and looking, he should be able to see farther and be more conducive to them looking for important clues.
He led the people up the hill and looked out. It is surrounded by dense ravines and many mountain streams. Although most of the snow has melted away, it is still very thick. Even the shallowest snow was no longer than Wei Yi's ankles, let alone thick places.
Nangong Rong walked up to Wei Yi, unfolded the map, and took a closer look. After a while, he turned his head to Wei Yi and said, "Coincidentally, this is the place we are coming to." Look at this map. ”
As he spoke, he handed the map to Wei Yi. Wei Yi took it and looked at it carefully, and found that this was indeed the case. The hill at their feet was the place where Gongsun Jiu had assigned them the task. But the map clearly depicted a small mountain, but at their feet it was a small hill that was only a few people high. The difference is a bit too big.
Nangong Rong seemed to see the doubts in Wei Yi's heart, and he opened his mouth to explain: "This map is the version before the disaster. You should have experienced the situation here. In that case, the topography of the entire Huaihe region was completely changed. I also relied on the warp and weft lines to roughly judge. ”
Wei Yi looked carefully around the hill, turned his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, we have arrived at the place, but it just so happens that this is it." ”
When everyone heard this, they didn't rest, and they began to look around. But they searched all over the hills, but they found no caves.
Seeing that nothing had been found, Wei Yi was about to lead the team to leave, when Situ Nan in the distance suddenly shouted, "Come and take a look at this." ”
When the crowd heard this, they gathered around. Situ Nan picked up a wooden stick from the ground and said, "This is artificially made. I think we should search a little more closely. ”
Everyone stared at the cane for a long time, and Nangong Rong suddenly spoke: "The upper and lower ends of the wooden staff are flat incisions. Moreover, the wear and tear of this wooden staff is minimal. Probably stayed here in the recent past. ”
Everyone nodded in agreement. Another person spoke up and said, "Not bad." We were only looking on the surface, but now we should try to dig into the ground. The topography here has changed a lot. Maybe the previous hole was blocked, but it's also possible. ”
Everyone nodded yes. Wei Yi also felt very reasonable. He immediately asked everyone to take action together, and excavated where Situ Nan found the wooden staff. The people took out their tools, cut through the snow together, dug up the dirt, and carefully probed around. But they dug for a while, but they still found nothing. Some people saw that they couldn't dig up a famous hall here, so they planned to stop.
Wei Mi also had no bottom in his heart. After all, there is only so much information that a cane can bring. All their previous speculations are only theoretical possibilities, and the actual situation must be more complicated.
He dug a few feet deeper, but when he saw that he really couldn't dig up any fame, he had to give up. But just as he turned around and was about to leave, Situ Nan suddenly shouted to him, "Wait a minute. Look at what you're stepping on? ”
Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly lowered his head to take a closer look. This look, I really saw something. He hurriedly crouched down, brushed away the dirt with his hands, and examined it carefully.
In the dirt, the corner of a piece of clothing was faintly revealed. Wei Yu hurriedly beckoned everyone and dug up together. The crowd dug hard and dug through the dirt. Soon, a corpse appeared in front of their eyes.
Nangong Rong took a few steps first, walked to the corpse, leaned over and examined it carefully. After a while, he turned to everyone and said, "The time of death is about three days. He was on his back, most likely running out. If we dig a little deeper, we may find new discoveries. ”
Everyone agreed, and when they were about to continue digging, Situ Nan suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute." We don't know anything about what is going on, so digging is likely to be dangerous. I think we should also call the team of Gongsun Leader, because there is a lot of strength in everyone. In case something happens, it's easy to deal with. ”
Wei Yi very much agreed with Situ Nan's proposal. He also agreed: "That's right, I think what Situ Nan said is very right. If this person is really as Nangong Rong said, he was killed when he fled from the inside. There's probably something dangerous down there that we don't know about. For the sake of prudence, I agree with what Situ Nan said. Call the team led by Gongsun first. More people are safer. ”
Everyone nodded. Nangong Rong became the liaison officer. He dialed Gongsun Jiu's communicator, briefly reported the situation here, and proposed his own way to deal with it. When Gongsun Jiu heard that he had found a clue, he immediately rushed over with someone.
Wei Yi and the others withdrew from the excavation site, sat together, and waited for a while, and Gongsun Jiu arrived with people. As soon as Gongsun Jiu came, after inquiring about the discovery process, he immediately organized everyone to go down to the excavation site together.
At this time, it was almost dark, and Wei Yi took a few steps forward to persuade: "It's getting late now, it's better to start work tomorrow." At night, the line of sight is not good, and it is more dangerous to dig rashly. ”
Gongsun Jiu glanced at Wei Yi, lowered his head and pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Brother Wei, you are right. Now it is really not suitable for excavation. Then tomorrow. Let's go back first."
As he spoke, he beckoned the people back to their original place. Everyone went their own way and set up a camp in the parking place.
Wei Yi lived next to Nangong Rong and Situ Nan, and he took advantage of the time to eat dinner and invited the two to his tent.
Wei Yu invited the two of them to sit down, and he sat down by the door. He told them: "I always felt that this trip might be very dangerous. We should be prepared to deal with sudden events. ”
Nangong Rong divided three bowls of water into a kettle and handed them to Wei Yi and Situ Nan respectively. He took a sip of water and said slowly, "When we came, we were all prepared for the worst. Truth be told, in addition to coming to find people, we actually have another important mission. ”
Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What important task?" ”
Situ Nan interrupted before Nangong Rong could speak: "I can't tell you about this matter for the time being. You can rest assured, though. In case of any danger, our brothers will keep you safe. ”
Wei Yu hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no." That was not what I meant. I think this time things are a little unusual, so I want you to be more vigilant. I'm not very familiar with anyone else. I'm just a little familiar with the two of you. It is also fate that we can go on a mission together. I don't want to see any of you turn into the one you dug up today. ”
Nangong Rong and Situ Nan glanced at each other, and they exchanged some kind of information with their eyes. Situ Nan looked at Wei Yi and said slowly: "We understand your kindness. I also remind you, be careful of Gongsun Dove. ”
Wei Yi stared at Situ Nan, and was about to ask again, but was interrupted by Nangong Rong. Nangong Rong smiled, and then said, "We haven't known Gongsun Jiu for a long time. This time it was a temporary assignment to him. But listening to the people who went on missions with him before, this person is a little dark. And he likes to use some shady means. ”
Wei Yu was surprised and hurriedly asked, "Then why do you continue to use him?" ”
Nangong Rong chuckled lightly, and said a little helplessly: "It's not worth it." Although he has a bad character, he does have talent. Now is the time to employ people, and naturally we can't do without people like him. ”
Wei Yi shook his head, very unimpressed. He felt that a person's character was very important. If there is no virtue, then how can you be responsible?
Nangong Rong didn't seem to be willing to talk more about this topic, so he hurriedly changed the topic and discussed the next day's matter with Wei Yi.
The three of them were in Wei Yi's tent, and after talking for a while, they went back to their tents to rest.
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