Chapter 61: Strange Things
The next day, with the end of Naadam, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Bao Yuanqian and his party escorted Sarenya back to Suzhou City.
Sarenya seemed to be a little surprised since she noticed the strangeness in Bao Yuanqian's chest last night.
Bao Yuanqian was already suspicious of Uncle Bao in his heart, and the burned scar in his memory combined with Sa Renya's performance, he couldn't help but ask repeatedly.
However, Sarenya reined in her curiosity and said no more about it.
This time it aroused Bao Yuanqian's curiosity, which was really unforgettable.
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On the Gobi outside the gate, three horses galloped, raising sand and dust.
"Brother, slow down, you're running too fast!" The first one mounted extremely fast, pulling away from the two of them from a distance, and couldn't help but say something to slow him down.
That horse was covered in darkness, it was Bao Yuanqian's Jedi!
The rear is Bao Butong and the gray-faced Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei has been leading people to survey and map the underground labyrinth in the east of the city in recent days, today Bao Yuanqian and the two Naadam returned empty, with the command of the yamen's travel order, and pulled Jiang Wei to ride out of Jiayuguan immediately after returning to the city.
The purpose is to go to the place where the treasure was buried that day and dig up all the things that are hidden by yourself.
In order to redeem himself for the Oiran Xiaolan of Mingsha Pavilion.
For a thousand taels of silver tickets, Deng and Li divided seven hundred taels, which can really be said to be seventy percent of people's own, and thirty percent of them have to look at other people's faces.
Bao Yuan gritted his teeth, the remaining three hundred taels were obviously still a few bits, and they took advantage of this opportunity to come to Guanwai Taobao.
"Old Jiang, don't worry, this time you will definitely be able to redeem Xiaolan!" Bao Yuanqian rode his horse and raised his whip and shouted in front of him.
The three of them rode fast horses alone, and the return of the horses of the brigade was many times faster than that day.
It was only a little more than an hour before he arrived at the canyon that ambushed the Mengren, Bao Yuanqian breathed a sigh of relief, since he had found this landmark reference, he could find the wind erosion cave where everyone spent the night that day when he went down the canyon.
Looking at the battlefield covered by yellow sand and without a trace, it is difficult to leave any traces in the desert Gobi every day.
The three of them rode for a while, and sure enough, they found the place where they had spent the night.
Everyone buried the treasure near the wind erosion cave, one person and one person, buried it secretly, even if one or two people had bad intentions towards others, they could not find a specific location.
Bao Yuanqian looked at the wind erosion cave that was still standing here, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
There were sixteen people that day, and there are still two people left today, and they have changed from a big-headed soldier to a small officer, but the big brother and they have disappeared without a trace, which is really a trick.
The three of them tied their horses and found the pit after searching for the wind erosion cave for a long time, and the two brothers were in the same place, so he didn't need to see outside.
Each brought a shovel and aimed it at the marker point to fly.
Against the desert wind and sand, the scorching sun sweated like rain for a long time, and finally dug a big hole.
"Huh?" Bao Butong suddenly gave up the shovel and slashed twice, "Brother, no, why is the thing gone?" ”
Bao Yuanqian pulled his lips, jumped down from the pit and looked at it: "Maybe I didn't dig to the end, dig again." ”
The three of them dug for a long time, the pit was already quite deep, but it was still empty, and even Bao Yuanqian was puzzled at this time, in his memory, it was impossible to bury it so deep.
Is there a mistake in the place?
Sixteen people are only left with themselves and their younger brother, and it is impossible for others to know about it, and besides, things are buried deep in the sand, and no matter how fast they are outside, it is impossible for the wind and sand to blow away the things in the sand.
Jiang Wei squatted down and pinched a ball of yellow sand, and said suspiciously: "This sand is not right, it is extremely dry, not like a deep layer of sand." ”
Bao Yuanqian heard the sound and looked, sure enough, the sand turned out from such a deep position turned out to be extremely dry surface sand.
This surface sand is the sand that adheres to the surface of the desert and has been exposed to the sun for a long time, which is dry and hot, which is completely different from the sand in the lower layer.
And now Jiang Wei is holding the surface sand in his hand, which shows that a big hole has been turned out here before, and after a long period of wind and sand, the surface sand at the high places around it is slowly blown into the excavated hole, and it is gradually filled.
Bao Yuanqian scolded secretly, "I met a ghost, this place is known to our two brothers, how is it possible?!" ”
Bao Butong patted his head, "Brother, let's go to another place." ”
The two followed Bao Butong around the back of the wind erosion cave, and Bao Butong pointed to a piece of tunnel: "Right here, it is the place where Liu Sandao buried the treasure." ”
Bao Yuanqian was puzzled, and Bao Butong smiled with a smile, "Then Liu Sandao is so unkind to brother, I have already secretly looked at the place where he buried the treasure, so I want to find a chance to dig the fuck!" ”
Bao Yuanqian didn't expect that this younger brother was thick and fine, and he had a tiger in his heart to sniff the rose.
The three of them found the right position and went down with a few shovels, but still didn't find anything.
Bao Yuanqian looked carefully at the sand in the cave, which was exactly the same as the hole he had buried.
Obviously, they were all dug up.
"Damn, the tooth sacrifice hit your Uncle Bao's head!" Bao Bu and shovel threw angrily on the sand and said angrily.
Bao Yuanqian frowned and said, "Could it be that Liu Sandao's gang turned around here and pried away all our things?" ”
Jiang Wei shook his head, "He doesn't know where you buried the treasure, how could he dig you up if he dug up his own?" ”
Bao Yuanqian's heart is good, if that group of people didn't die, they should have dug up their own at a fixed point when they turned around and dug things here, how could they know the treasure spot of the two brothers?
Jiang Wei thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Big bag, the three of us will go farther and dig around this wind erosion cave randomly, it doesn't need to be too deep, just find a few places to dig it, maybe there will be an answer." ”
Bao Yuanqian nodded, beckoned his younger brother to hurry up and start work, and they immediately dug six or seven points near the wind erosion cave, and the same situation was dry surface sand....
Jiang Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Sure enough, as I expected, the sand hundreds of steps around this wind erosion cave have been turned over!" ”
Bao Yuanqian knew that what he said was true, and the sand everywhere was turned over, it was all surface sand, which could only show that the area around this wind erosion cave had been searched by a large number of people, and then the wind and sand blew day and night, and then filled in the flat ground.
But how many people are needed for such a large scale and project?
Hundreds? Or a thousand?
Bao Yuanqian's heart was depressed, he had been looking forward to it for so long, and he came with such a result with full expectations.
really responded to his own words, the bamboo basket was empty!
However, he thought of a terrible thing again, such a large scale could never be done by the fourteen missing people of Brother Gao, this was left to a dozen people, and they must not be exhausted to death.
But those who know this place are the only ones whose whereabouts are unknown.
Could it be.....
He Huo Ran looked up at Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei also happened to look at him, looking at each other, self-evident.
"Old ginger.... Not really, right? ”
Jiang Wei shook his head, "There are some things that I can't say. ”
"Since the treasure has been poached, we have made a trip in vain." Bao Yuanqian frowned and looked around, "I don't think it is appropriate to stay here for a long time, the three of us should go back to the city quickly, I still have three hundred taels of silver tickets here, let's go to Mingsha Pavilion and ask first." ”
Jiang Wei nodded in agreement, and now he has no choice but to do so.