Before 1985, Yongsan was a remote area, a mountainous area with extremely underdeveloped transportation and extremely backward information. There is only one Li Zhuang who lives at the foot of Longshan Mountain, but there are still more than ten miles of mountain roads from Longshan. Anxian is a region famous for bamboo, and the mountains are full of bamboo seas, which supply about 60% of the world's bamboo products, but Longshan is an exception. The vertical height of the whole Longshan Mountain is about 800 meters, except for a few small bamboos that can be found by the stream occasionally, most of the rest of the mountain are pine trees, and some of the trees are more than 1,000 years old according to research.

At the end of the seventies of the last century, with the horn of reform and opening up, the economy of Lizhuang once relied on timber to be greatly improved, and now Cha Wenbin is building a highway in the past, the purpose is to make the timber in the mountains get mechanized transportation. The road from the next town to Lizhuang is 30 kilometers long, so there are construction sites along the way, and people come and go with unfamiliar faces, and it is extremely difficult for such a place to attract attention even if there are living people.

Because of Li Chenggong's identity, it will be much more convenient for them to act when they arrive in Lizhuang, of course, their name is only to investigate the local housing safety and geological hazard investigation, and the village party secretary warmly received them.

Lunch was at the branch secretary Lao Xie's house, which was a small building that had just been completed mixed with bricks and wood, and the yard was full of a lot of square materials that had been cut into long strips. During the banquet, Lao Xie was very enthusiastic, he had two sons and a daughter, and now they are all married. Lao Xie has a grandson, six or seven years old, the little boy is very naughty, he is not shy when he sees the living, there are some wooden toys in the yard, knives and guns, and the fat man teases him for a while after eating.

While playing, the boy took something out of the house, which really startled the fat man. What's that? It's a Go. Ge is an ancient weapon, with a handle attached below, the Ge that the kid took out to play with was still very sharp, and the patina at the front end was almost ground by him, and he installed a small short handle in the back. The fat man saw that it was an old object, and he was very curious to take it, and the pattern on it was extremely exquisite, which looked like an ancient thing.

So the fat man went to ask Lao Xie where this thing came from, and why did it become a toy in the hands of a child? Lao Xie said that this is not strange, this thing can often be found in the ravine of Longshan before, this is last year when he went up the mountain to cut wood, this is still very good to maintain the appearance of the back to see if it can be used as a farm tool. The fat man squirted out a mouthful of tea and said, "Lao Xie, you are too good, use this thing as a farm tool, do you know what it is for?" ”

"Spear, I heard that there were guerrillas on this mountain when there was a revolution in the past."

"It's Go!" The fat man said: "This thing is really not something that the guerrillas can afford, so if you say a price, I will buy it." ”

Secretary Xie said disappreciably: "If you want you to take it, it's just a." ”

The fat man really took it before he wanted to change it, but now that he has a high consciousness, he said in a blink of an eye: "That's it, let me tell you, this thing is estimated to be thousands of years old, I look like a craft from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is an antique." As for me, I won't cheat you, I will collect it according to the market price, because it is an ordinary weapon, so it is not as valuable as those valuable objects, and if I give a thousand yuan, I will buy a toy for your grandson. ”

This Lao Xie still refused to ask for it, in the end, he knew how to be a man, and in the end, the two of them said that the fat man gave 800 yuan and took this thing. Lao Xie sighed and said, "These things are really antiques? In the early years, I heard that there were still people who found swords and guns, but most of them were rotten and unformed, and we rough people didn't understand, so should we report them to be examined? ”

"Just let Captain Li deal with this matter later," the fat man said: "Secretary Xie asked you about something, have there been outsiders in the village recently, I mean the more fresh-faced people who came here to hang out?" ”

"There are more faces," Lao Xie said with a smile: "What you asked, we have been building roads in this area recently, and I heard that the government plans to build a ropeway on the mountain to transport wood down, so there are still more people coming in and out." ”

Cha Wenbin asked: "Are there any people who behave strangely, or who are carrying large luggage and haven't seen them down the mountain for a few days?" ”

Lao Xie squinted his eyes and thought carefully for a while: "It seems that there really is a group of people when you say this, and it was when the dog in the village barked badly last night." You know that there are usually no people in our place at night, I was afraid that it would be a thief, so I got up and looked at it, and I only vaguely saw a silhouette, there must be seven or eight people, and I didn't want to cause trouble in the dark light, so I didn't go up to ask, but just watched them go inside. ”

Li Chenggong asked, "Is there anyone living in Longshan now?" ”

"Yes, why not, there is a geological team, also a few college students from the county, a total of three men, living in the forest farm, they measure the ropeway there, about every seven days will go down the mountain to get supplies, today should be the day they come out. I'm a little worried about you mentioning this, Captain Li, they usually come down the mountain in the morning, because they usually bring things to me before nine o'clock, and then wait for them to come down the mountain to pick them up, and now it's noon, do you think they should be ......"

"Old Xie, old Xie!" Li Chenggong said with a dissatisfied face: "Your vigilance as a branch secretary is too poor, such an important matter has not been said until now, gather the militia in the village and hurry up the mountain with me!" ”

"Don't," Cha Wenbin stopped: "If there are too many people, it will startle the snakes, if they want to do the mama, it will be too late to send people now, let's touch it ourselves first and take a look, I hope those children are okay." ”

Several people were discussing, when there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, Lao Xie hurriedly went to open the door, and when he opened it, he saw someone Lao Xie immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Oh, my little ancestors, why did you come here now, but you are in a hurry!" ”

A boy who looked like a college student came in front of him, and several people touched their scalps and explained with some embarrassment that they had left it first because there was still some work to do in the morning, and they came to get supplies.

Seeing the three of them, Li Chenggong went up to reveal his identity and asked, "Have you seen anyone on the mountain?" ”

The three of them shook their heads and said: "There are no people in the mountains recently, we have to evacuate after a week's work, if you want to enter the mountain, I can take you, the mountain road is more difficult to walk, and there are many leeches." ”

This is just what he wants, and when the three children finished eating in Lao Xie, a group of six people began to go up the mountain, the leader of the group is called Wang Liang, a Shandong boy, who has just graduated from the School of Geology and was assigned to Anxian County, he said that it takes three hours to walk up from here, and there is only one way into the mountain. The fat man still likes such a sunny boy, and he is willing to endure hardships, and he is not lonely when he talks and laughs along the way, but the fat man who has walked more than ten miles to the foot of the mountain reminded: "From this moment on, you can't talk on the road, and you can gesture in advance if there is anything." ”

Because Li Chenggong is a policeman, those few people are quite cooperative, they think that this must be going into the mountains to catch bad guys. With the experience of the two of them, they have actually found traces of people passing through, Wang Liang They are the footprints of going down the mountain, and there are still many fresh footprints on the mountain road, and there are only vertical heights when they reach the mountain, so everything is done carefully.

There are mostly stones and pine trees on this road, and stone ridges can occasionally be seen on both sides of the road, but most of them have collapsed and destroyed, and it is still possible to recognize that there was an artificial road here a long time ago. Combined with the discovery of Na Ge, the fat man was convinced that there was a high probability that there were relics left by ancient soldiers in this place, perhaps on the march, or perhaps in war.

Before the sun went down, they arrived at the wooded cottage halfway up the mountain, a three-bay bungalow full of instruments and equipment for surveying and mapping. Cha Wenbin was not idle on the way, the compass in his hand was always paying attention to it for a moment, because he wanted to position, so the best position was the back of the mountain, so Cha Wenbin decided to continue to go up the mountain, and when he left, the three boys whispered to each other, and their expressions were a little strange, and the fat man couldn't help but ask: "What are you muttering, do you have something to say?" ”

Wang Liang hesitated a little, and after thinking for a while, he still said: "Big brothers, it gets dark early in this mountain, and it is estimated that you will definitely not be able to reach the top of the mountain before dark, otherwise you should spend the night here." ”

"Honest child," the fat man said to Cha Wenbin with a smile: "Worry about us, but it's okay, we're used to walking at night." ”

"But this forest is not clean!" Wang Liang said: "Actually, we are also worried about living here, if it weren't for work, who would want to come here, so we want to finish the task early and go back." ”

"Not clean? Why is it not clean? Cha Wenbin asked, "Do you mean that this forest is full of poisonous snakes and beasts, or is there something else?" ”

Wang Liang whispered: "The eldest brothers are policemen, I don't know if I am afraid of ghosts?" At this time, a boy next to him poked Wang Liang, it seemed that they were very taboo about this topic, and the expressions of the three of them were a little nervous, which made Cha Wenbin feel that there was something wrong with it all of a sudden!