Xiao Qinghai drew his knife in his hand and led everyone into the dense forest.

This forest is not a big place, but the trees grow very densely, some three in a row, some five in a row, and there is no fixed number. More than 100 officers and soldiers of the Yulin Guards walked all the way along the inner side of the dense forest, observing left and right as they went, in case a few fierce beasts were caught off guard. After walking about a stick of incense, the beast didn't see it, and the trees in front of him gradually thinned out.

After walking forward for a while, my vision gradually cleared, and I saw a relatively flat terrain flashing in front of me in the distance.

"Xiao Zhongqi, look, there are a few thatched huts ahead!" a small flag officer whispered.

"Well, let's go over and have a look. Xiao Qinghai had already seen those huts, and he made a gesture to ask everyone to go over and check them out generously, but don't reveal their identities. When they went out on business this time, they all changed into the clothes of the local army of Montenegro Province, nominally to carry out military affairs and to survey the terrain.

They put away their long swords and short swords, and walked generously towards the huts. From a distance, the huts are relatively old, and they look a little old. But the old ones show no signs of dilapidation, but on the contrary, they give people a very strong and reliable feeling, as if they can completely block the storm.

"Is there anyone?" Xiao Qinghai took the lead and shouted towards the hut as he walked.

shouted a few times, but there was no response.

"One team followed me to the hut to have a look, and the other teams split up to see the terrain. Xiao Qinghai said.

"Yes!" the nine small flag officers took the order one after another, leading their respective squads to separate actions. Their goal was the sloping path that led to the hill behind the hut, and in the distance they could already see several caves, where they might find something.

Xiao Qinghai himself led a team to inspect the huts.

The doors of several huts were closed, and the inside could not be seen from the outside. Xiao Qinghai opened the door of the thatched hut in the middle, and saw a table and four benches inside, all covered with dust, obviously not occupied for a while. Xiao Qinghai looked inside again and saw a wooden bed in the corner, a wooden cabinet next to the bed, and no other furniture.

Xiao Qinghai walked in without saying a word, looked left and right, reached out and shook the tables and stools, wiped the dust on them, checked the wooden bed and the wooden cabinet again, and then turned around and went out and closed the door.

"Did you find anything?" Xiao Qinghai asked the sergeants who were inspecting the other huts after he came out.

"A kitchen, a utility room, three bedrooms, nothing out of the ordinary in them. A small squad of small flag officers replied.

"Oh. Xiao Qinghai nodded. Uneasy, he personally went to the huts to look around, and indeed as the sergeants said, he found nothing unusual.

Just as he was checking, the small flag officer of another squad ran over from a distance and whispered: "Xiao Zhongqi, there is a cave over there, there are some things in it, you go over and take a look!"

"Oh, what is it?" Xiao Qinghai was stunned. His subordinates are all masters of finding clues, and any sergeant can be in charge of himself, and the officer is even more outstanding. Now this small flag officer only said something, but did not draw conclusions, and obviously encountered an abnormal situation that was difficult to solve.

Sure enough, the little flag officer said, "This... I can't say a word or a half, but there are a lot of strange things anyway. There are also some strange words that the brothers do not recognize. ”

When Xiao Qinghai heard this, he led everyone to follow the small flag officer to the cave.

The location of the cave is not far from the turn of the slope. Xiao Qinghai observed while walking, and saw some stones piled up in the open space in front of the cave, large and small, the largest one was taller than a person, and the smallest one was completely a small stone. Walking into the cave, there are a lot of stone ropes, stones, stones, stone piles and pillars, which look like some things for practice. Dozens of characters are engraved on the stone walls of the cave, which at first glance look like the Ruiguo script, but you don't recognize them carefully. The cave was dimly lit, and the words were crooked and weird, looking like ghost drawings. However, judging from the traces and the degree of weathering, these seem to be carved for a long time, and some places are a little incomplete.

"This word is a bit like a mountain, isn't it? Is this black?" Xiao Qinghai identified the words one by one and said hesitantly.

"It seems to be a bit like black, but—" A small flag officer leaned in to identify it, and he couldn't be sure.

Everyone stared at each other for a while, and someone proposed: "Why don't we confirm the clues that can be confirmed first, as for these words, let's copy them one by one according to the appearance on the stone wall, and go back to find a text expert to help identify them." ”

As soon as everyone heard that this method was good, they copied the words on the stone wall one by one. Each of the ten small flag officers is responsible for checking the text copied by the sergeant of his squad, making sure that it is exactly the same as the stroke direction and shape of the text on the stone wall. Xiao Qinghai, as the leading officer, checked the entire text copied over and over again, until he was about to vomit when he saw it, and finally gave up.

When they came out of the cave, their minds were drowsy. They searched for a while in nearby caves and hillsides, and the stones along the way were all over the mountain, and many of them had mottled fist marks on them.

"It seems that there are really a few people practicing here. ”

"And the kung fu looks pretty good, look at this palm print, so deep, look at that stone ball... It's so big, ordinary people probably can't hold it. ”

"But it's a little strange, the practice equipment here is not only a stone but also a stone, these people... Did you jump out of a stone or do you have a grudge against a stone?"

"What's the matter? This kind of deep mountain and old forest, people just use local materials. Do you think you're in the capital, and you can have whatever equipment you want?"

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More than 100 people walked and watched and discussed.

"Xiao Zhongqi, the situation is almost investigated, or let's close the team!" said a small flag officer.

"Yes, we've been in this place for almost three days, and we've gained a lot so far. Let's go back as soon as possible and find a text expert to crack the text on the stone wall, and everything will fall into place. Another small flag officer said.

"Well, after looking for so long, everyone has worked hard. Xiao Qinghai said sympathetically. "Let's go back to the Governor's Yamen to meet with a few other brothers, I'm afraid Lord Jia is also in a hurry. ”

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