Hearing Lantern Xiao's question, I leaned down to take a closer look at the snake, and I found that the snake's eyes were actually red, and they should be inlaid with some kind of red gemstone.

The strangest thing is that when I see the eyes of the snake, I can't help but feel cold, this feeling is familiar.

Suddenly, a thought exploded in my head, and it was this thought that made me feel excited.

This feeling has come up before, and it was that strange email. The two eyes in the photo in the email also made me shudder. Lantern Xiao had seen that photo before, so he felt this way too.

Could it be that the photo was taken here?

No, the eyes in the photo are obviously much larger than this statue!

But what is the connection between them?

Why would someone send me an email like that, it doesn't seem like a prank?

But what does this have to do with me?

I didn't have a clue for a moment.

"What? Is there something wrong? Kong Xue asked.

I smiled and said casually, "It's nothing, I just find it unbelievable." ”

"It's no wonder." Kong Xue said with some pride, "This thing is the only one in the world." ”

I nodded, didn't speak, then pulled out my phone and took a picture of the statue of the snake.

We looked around the room again, and found nothing else, so we decided to move on. Only Lantern Xiao was still reluctant to give up, and kept asking Kong Xue: "Let's talk about it, let me choose two pieces when the time comes!" Don't go back! Kong Xue rolled her eyes and ignored him.

We walked on for a while, and we came to the end of the secret passage, which was a small shaft-shaped space, with a small table in the middle with some papers, and an iron ladder on the wall next to it that could be climbed, and at the end of the iron ladder was a heavy iron plate.

Kong Xue was looking for her father and didn't care about anything else, but she was really agile, and she climbed the iron ladder in three clicks. The upper plate outlet has two spring buckles, which allow the plate to be opened from the inside, but never from the outside. This iron plate is very heavy, and Kong Xue tried several times but did not push it away. So he turned his head down and said, "Which of you will do me a favor and push it!" ”

But Shi Tao and Lantern Xiao were standing at the table looking at the documents on it, only I happened to be standing next to the iron ladder, hearing Kong Xue speak, Lantern Xiao looked at me and made a "please" action to me, no way, it seems that I have to come to the job of this flower messenger.

I climbed the iron ladder and came to Kong Xue's side, in order to be able to use my strength, I could only climb up as much as possible, and there were two people standing on the iron ladder that was not wide, so that Kong Xue and I were close together, feeling the softness in my arms, and the fragrance of Kong Xue wafting from time to time, so that I couldn't help but feel a little ape, but Kong Xue suddenly said, "Hard!" I woke up, and we pressed against the iron plate hard, and pushed hard, only to hear a squeak, and the iron plate turned over, and a cool breeze blew in.

Kong Xue jumped out lightly, and I also leaned out half of my body to check, this is a wasteland behind the villa, and there are no buildings or people around except the villa. Kong Xue looked around, and suddenly squatted down, "Look! "I looked at the position of Kong Xue's finger, and a line of vague footprints spread into the distance." This is Daddy's shoe print, I know! Looks like Dad really left here! But why is that? ”

Oh, yes! Why is that? We've asked more than once, but we still don't have an answer.

We followed Confucius's footprints, but found four obvious wheel marks at the end of the footprints, apparently Confucius drove away from here. More than ten hours have passed since Kong Ye disappeared, and if it was a car, we would have walked a considerable distance now, and we would definitely not be able to catch up, so we had to return the same way.

Lan Xiao and Shi Tao also rushed over and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

I shook my head. "Kong Ye left by car, it's hard for us to catch up!"

Lantern Xiao nodded, "We found something, you guys come and take a look." ”

We return to the secret passage. At this time, Lantern Xiao pointed to the table and said, "This has a strange map!" There are also some old newspapers. As she spoke, Lantern Xiao handed over the old newspaper, Kong Xue reached out and took it and flipped through it carefully.

I opened the map, and it was a very strange map, completely hand-drawn, with no directions, no place names, no markings, only the unity peak of the Qilian Mountains and a few sporadic numbers. Moreover, a circle was drawn on these words of the Unity Peak of Qilian Mountain, and a time was marked on it. To our surprise, the marked time was exactly five days later.

What's even stranger is that the map is drawn with different colored areas, blue, yellow, and red. I looked at Lantern Xiao and Shi Tao face to face, and no one could understand such a map. "I'll go! What is this drawing? Weather forecast maps? ”

And what really shocked us was that in the corner of the map were written a few words in red: Twenty years of debt...... There is no more in the back, and it is clearly not finished.

So we looked at Kong Xue again. Kong Xue also shook her head, "What does this mean exactly?" Daddy won't be in danger! Then he handed us the newspaper in his hand, "It's just a few old newspapers from decades ago, with all kinds of news on them, nothing special, nothing to see!" ”

"I think these newspapers and this map must not be placed here at random, there must be some kind of important information recorded in them, but we haven't found it yet, and this information must be closely related to Confucius's farewell this time, maybe the answer is in this." I said as I flipped through the newspaper.

"Wait a minute." Lantern Xiao suddenly spoke, "I suddenly thought that this map is marked with the Qilian Mountains, can you see if there are any reports related to the Qilian Mountains in the newspaper?" ”

As soon as I heard it, I thought it made sense, so I hurriedly flipped through a Guangming Daily in my hand, and sure enough, I found a report related to the Qilian Mountains: The scientific expedition team encountered an avalanche in the Qilian Mountains, and the People's Liberation Army stepped forward at every opportunity.

I continued to rummage, and in another Gansu Daily, I found another article: In order to save people, the life and death of the officers and soldiers of the Qilian Mountain outpost are uncertain! Several other newspapers also had similar reports.

Qilian Mountain! All the clues point to the Qilian Mountains. I pointed to the time marked on the map, "From this time, it seems that Kong Ye should have planned to rush to the vicinity of the Unity Peak of Qilian Mountain before this time." ”

"I remember!" Kong Xue suddenly remembered something, "My father was a soldier when he was young, and he once stayed at the outpost in Qilian Mountain. But why did Dad go there? ”

"Maybe it has something to do with the incident reported in the newspaper that year, but the real reason may only be known when you find Uncle Kong. At present, it seems that Uncle Kong is on the road alone, and it is very dangerous to enter the mountain at this time! "Lantern Festival also has some experience in this area, and in the past two years, I have traveled to some dangerous places, so I still have a say in this regard.

"So what are you waiting for!" Kong Xue was a little anxious, "Hurry up and gather people, go to Qilian Mountain, and find my father!" ”

"Wait a minute," Lantern Xiao suddenly waved his hand, "Kong Xue, don't be impulsive, think about it, why did Uncle Kong quietly leave from the underground secret passage alone?" There is only one reason, to avoid people's eyes! Although we don't know who Uncle Kong is hiding from now, I think this matter must not be publicized, otherwise, it is likely to bring trouble to Uncle Kong! ”

Shi Tao nodded, "That makes sense." Then I'll go up the mountain myself tomorrow. Strive to find Kong Ye! ”

"No!" Kong Xue said, "I'm going with you!" I think Dad went out this time, it's unusual, I'm really worried! I must not wait at home! ”

"That," Shi Tao pondered for a moment, probably knowing Kong Xue's character, and it was worth agreeing. "Alright! Xiaoxue, if you can't hold on, you can withdraw at any time! ”

"What about you?" Kong Xue set her sights on me and Lantern Festival at this time, and now, from the face of it, the word "not going" is really unspeakable. So we decided to go with us, and we thought it was a hiking tour!

"Then this matter is settled, I'll prepare something." Shi Tao patted his chest, "In the Linxia realm, it is more convenient for me to do things. ”

Everyone reached an agreement, and Lantern Xiao folded the hand-drawn map and put it on his body, patted his pocket and said, "This is called being prepared!" So a few of us exited the secret passage and returned to the villa.