Volume 5: The Case of the Five Kings Fighting for the Dragon Chapter 138: The Shadow of the Snake Is Missing
An hour later, when Duan Ming returned to the cave with the people from the Ordnance Division, Xing Qianqiu was standing at the mouth of the tunnel with a knife in his hand.
"How?" Duan Ming asked in a deep voice.
"As Mr. Duan expected." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "About two quarters of an hour ago, a soldier from the Ordnance Division quietly came in here and went out from here. ”
"Wait, you're saying this spy is from my Ordnance Division?" A voice came, it was the director of the Cambrian Ordnance Division.
"That's right, wearing the clothes of the Ordnance Division, about one hundred and seventy centimeters tall, thin, dark-skinned, and big eyes." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "By the way, his right hand only has three fingers." ”
"It's Dong Kang!" When the soldiers of the Ordnance Division on the side heard this, their brows suddenly furrowed.
"Is that the kid?" The director of the Ordnance Department also frowned: "That kid is indeed from the Ordnance Department, but he is usually silent, I never thought it would be him." ”
"It's normal, this kind of person is generally hidden deeply." Duan Ming said, "Okay, without further ado, let's go over here and have a look." ”
"Hmm." Xing Qianqiu nodded, and was the first to walk into the tunnel.
The tunnel was very fieldy, and Duan Ming and the others had been walking for a long time, but they had not walked out of the scope of the tunnel.
However, perhaps the other party never thought that someone would find this tunnel, or the other party thought that even if it did, there would be no problems, so there were no traps in the tunnel.
Or maybe it's just because the tunnel is too narrow to be laid out.
After walking for almost a quarter of an hour, Duan Ming and the others finally saw a glimmer of light.
However, Duan Ming and the others did not rush out, Duan Ming waved his hand, and everyone stood in place and stopped.
"What's wrong?" The director of the Ordnance Department asked suspiciously.
"If we go out like this, we won't see anything in our eyes for at least a short time." Duan Ming said in a deep voice: "Once there is an ambush or trap outside, we will definitely die." ”
"So, now everybody looks at the light, and let the eyes get used to the brightness of the sun for a while."
"Oh, that makes sense." The director of the Ordnance Department suddenly realized that they were also people who had been in and out of the pit for a long time before, so they often encountered the situation that Duan Ming said.
After looking at the sunlight for a few minutes, Duan Ming let everyone continue to move forward, and soon walked out of the tunnel mouth.
Although they had just tried to get used to it for a while, their eyes were still shaking after coming out of the tunnel.
But fortunately, this discomfort was fleeting, and Xing Qianqiu and the others hurriedly observed left and right to see if there was an ambush.
After observing for a long time, there was no movement around, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Search around." The director of the Ordnance Department said softly, and many soldiers of the Ordnance Department hurriedly searched around.
And Xing Qianqiu also came to Duan Ming's side, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Duan, it seems that that person has gone away." ”
"Hmm." Duan Ming nodded and carefully observed the surrounding plants: "Lord Wan'er should have already arranged it, that person can't run." ”
"The dragon pattern stone carving is very heavy, and it is not easy to transport it here, there must be a car. In this case, there must be traces of ruts nearby. ”
"Director." At this moment, an Ordnance Division soldier called softly: "There is a discovery here." ”
Duan Ming and the others heard this cry and hurriedly walked over, only to see that the Ordnance Division soldier happened to find traces of two ruts under a bush.
"The people behind the scenes are cautious." Duan Ming said while checking the rut marks: "They should have cleaned up the traces around here after everything was done. I'm afraid that even this cave was sealed before. ”
"That's right, I saw some clods of dirt near the entrance to the cave, which must have been picked up by the spy when he came out of here." Xing Qianqiu nodded.
"The trail of this rut is heading north, if the other party is so cautious......" Duan Ming frowned and thought slightly.
"Ah, since the other party is so cautious, then the rut must be fake, let's chase south!" said the director of the Ordnance Department.
"No, to the north." Duan Ming shook his head: "This rut was missed, and it was very hidden. That being the case, then the trail of this rut should be the right direction. ”
"Inevitably, since the other party has been so cautious in the finishing work, there is no need to impose more burdens on themselves in the early stage."
"Besides, it is very difficult to walk in the mountains with a car pulling dragon pattern stone carvings, and if you deliberately come from the other direction in order to set up doubts, it is really self-inflicted."
"Okay, then chase north!" Xing Qianqiu nodded.
Then everyone stood up, restored the cave entrance to its original state under Duan Ming's command, and then walked quickly towards the north.
At this moment, their location is already halfway up the north mountain of the mine, and continuing to go north is to go down the mountain.
During the walk, Duan Ming found that the mountains here were relatively gentle, the gaps between the trees were also large, and the plants on the road seemed to be subtly different in some places.
These further confirmed Duan Ming's speculation.
Soon Duan Ming and the others came to the foot of the mountain, and several figures jumped down from the trees on the side, which were the people of the Spiegel Division.
"Commander!" An official from the Spiegel Division hugged his fist at Xing Qianqiu.
"How? Has anyone come down from the mountain? Xing Qianqiu asked in a deep voice.
"No, only you came down." Several Spiegel officials glanced at each other and shook their heads.
"How long have you been here?" Duan Ming also asked, "Have you ever exposed your body?" ”
"Nope." A Spiegel official shook his head: "We are all very careful, we have been here for almost half an hour. ”
"That's right." Duan Ming nodded.
"In terms of time, as long as that person comes down from the mountain, he will definitely be found by the people of the Spiegel Division." Xing Qianqiu said: "Mr. Duan, do you think that person didn't go down the mountain at all?" ”
"Possibly." Duan Ming nodded: "The dragon pattern stone carving should have been transported up from this road in the first place, but the people behind the scenes may not live under the mountain on weekdays. ”
As he spoke, Duan Ming rubbed his forehead: "Also, if the market goes up and down, it will inevitably be easy to arouse suspicion." ”
"Commander Criminal, Mr. Duan, great, you are really here." At this moment, a figure arrived on horseback, it was Xu Shizhong.
Xu Shizhong came to Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu, turned over and dismounted, and said in a deep voice: "Something happened in Cambrian City!" ”
"What's wrong?" Xing Qianqiu asked with a frown.
"We just got the news that King Shunjing's general Meng Cheng is dead!"