The mileage of the walk increased day by day, and the two cars were covered with yellow dust and sand, continuing a lonely road that did not know where it ended.

On the 23rd, entering the territory of Diebe County, more and more unfamiliar accents, don't expect to understand, it is difficult to find a translator in the local area, even if Lao Dong with a detailed electronic map, still a little bit of a north, the same is a newcomer, I saw a bunch of strange and awkward place names, Geji, Luzhu, fungus, Lurigou, Gazha, Naorita...... Fortunately, those three amateurs finally remembered the place called fungus and Hinata deer.

After a long journey, he walked 400 kilometers in two days, half of which was a dirt road, and according to the half-baked arrangement of Director Dong, he successively surveyed four places that might become targets for illegal surveying and mapping, but found nothing, and the disappointment one after another gradually appeared on his expression. However, in stark contrast to them, Qiu Di's love is getting better and better.

Yes, getting better and better, in his opinion, this is a wonderful journey that can not be appreciated by car or plane, hundreds of kilometers along the line, the wall stands thousands of mountains, you will find when you get closer, that is purely the accumulation of loess eroded by the wind, a lot of unexplored environment, but also maintain its original ecology, the rushing river is white like a jade belt, the verdant mountains stretch into a gradually higher field, no matter when you raise your eyes, what you see is white clouds, blue sky.

More than once, Qiu Di, who got out of the car, expanded his chest, took a deep breath, and yelled at the mountain, his spirit was uplifted.

More than once, Bao Xiaosan, who was so tired that he fainted, gave him a middle finger to comment: Stupid!

The others kept cautious and solemn as they went, and in the afternoon the two cars approached the county line, the last place to go: Bazaiku.

According to Dong Chunjie and Dai Lanjun, in addition to the preferred military targets, the second place in illegal surveying and mapping is such strategically important industrial bases, power plants, reservoirs, roads, and bridges, and the purpose of this trip is to find the tracks of those spies who haunt like ghosts in these inaccessible places.

Three kilometers away from the reservoir area, this is a reservoir built in the fifties, is the main source of water for irrigation and drinking downstream, a group of people on the thorny road to walk, like such a desolate place, not to mention spies, Geng Baolei really doubts that there are any beasts willing to come.

"It's almost there...... Come on. The old loach walked easily, looking back at the panting Director Dong from time to time, smiling, and then leading the way in front.

The difference in body lì can be seen now, the old loach walked like a leisurely walk, so that Director Dong was panting and sweating, and Dai Lanjun, who followed him, was also flushed and sweated slightly. Geng Baolei and Bao Xiaosan can stand it, as for Qiu Di, unexpectedly he is more relaxed than Lao Loach, picking a few fruits for a while, weaving a hat for a while, humming a little song and singing, that is called a pleasant.

"Oh...... Look at people, it's the same as playing!?" When Dai Lanjun looked back, Qiu Di actually got into the grass, pouting his ass and not knowing what he was doing, he couldn't help but sigh.

"His house is on the mountain, and it's much more sinister than here. Geng Baolei said.

"That's an animal, and we can't compare with it. "Bao Xiaosandao.

The four of them gasped and walked, Geng Baolei looked at the old loach leading the way in front of him, and asked curiously: "Sister Dai, the old loach... What kind of person is it? ”

"What's wrong?" Dai Lanjun asked casually.

"It's scary to look at the old. Geng Baolei said.

"Yes, the eyes...... Nima looked at the man and was terrified. "Bao Xiaosandao.

"Huh...... He was injured on the left side of his face, and his cheekbones were replaced with a filler, didn't he see that when he smiled, his face wouldn't move, his eyelids wouldn't move, and his facial nerves were a little problematic, so no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a fierce person, but he was actually a good person. Dong Chunjie explained with a smile.

Bao Xiaosan asked in a low voice: "It's you too...... Peers?"

"Well, of course, a good scout. Dong Chunjie said.

"What kind of restaurant is that?" said Geng Baolei.

"Stupid, retired...... Injured in a car accident, lying down for more than half a year, and then retired and returned to his hometown, hey, it's really a bit of a disadvantage to these people who have dedicated themselves to the country, just so compassionate, the family lives tightly no matter what. Dong Chunjie sighed and couldn't help but think of Qiu Di.

The two, but they were still immersed in the mysterious yearning for this pair of people from national security, Geng Baolei asked Dai Lanjun in a low voice: "Sister Dai... Do you catch spies often?"

Dai Lanjun was stunned, smiled, and said casually with Geng Baolei in his hand: "It's not so mysterious, the predecessor of Guoan was also public security, and it was only established separately in the nineties...... We deal with information more often. ”

"It's so simple?" Bao Xiaosan was a little surprised.

"It sounds simple, but it's not simple, anti-subversion, anti-cult, anti-espionage, that thing is not simple, those foreign forces, they don't want to watch us for a few days, they always have to find a way to create some trouble for you. Dong Chunjie said breathlessly, as soon as he stopped, his eyes were dark, and he screamed in shock, but it was Qiu Di who stretched his neck and came to him, and he said in panic: "What are you doing? ”

"Tired?"

"I'm tired. What's wrong?"

"I see you can't hold it anymore, why don't we go back?"

"Cut ......"

"Give ......"

"Don't!"

Qiu Di folded a cane for Lao Dong, Lao Dong twisted his face and ignored him, or Dai Lanjun took it, Qiu Di smiled and left, Dong Chunjie, who had been panting for a long time, still gave in, held the cane, and continued to move forward.

When I got to the place, I sat down and began to rest, Dai Lanjun arranged it, and began to look for it along the edge of the library, cigarette butts, phlegm traces, and traces that might have been left by Weiyi, etc., anyway, it was a suspicious trace, and it was all within the scope of searching.

Lao Loach took Geng Baolei and Dai Lanjun took Bao Xiaosan to look for each other, Lao Dong sat and rested, but Qiu Di took off his shoes and sat on the shore to wash his feet.

"This place, doesn't look like someone has been here?" Geng Baolei also followed the steps of the old loach, and the old loach walked and looked, and said without looking back: "Look for it, it is possible to find this kind of fixed point...... Surveying roads and bridges, I'm afraid there is no chance of discovering them...... Xiao Geng, you go and help Xiao Dai, I'll do it by myself here. ”

Geng Baolei thought about it, compared to this person who is neither yin nor yang, he still chose to go to a group with Dai Lanjun, one on one side, three on the other, and slowly marched around the edge of the library. Qiu Di was already lying on the shore, basking in the sun with his bare feet, Lao Dong took a breath, walked to him, poked and poked with a stick and asked, "Hey, who are you looking at? What happened to me?"

"No, I didn't show you a look. Qiu Di said.

"Then you are becoming a heart?" Lao Dong was furious.

"I don't have a heart, you're not busy in vain. Qiu Di said disdainfully.

"How do you call Bai busy, you crow's mouth. Lao Dong said angrily.

"It's much more difficult to catch a spy than to be a spy, as far as I know, there is almost no precedent for targeting, targeting, and planning to catch illegal surveying and mapping spies, and most of them are caught by accident, either by being reported by the local authorities who are not satisfied with the water and soil, or by mistake, they have entered the military zone...... Now there are not a few commercial spies who rely on this illegal surveying and mapping transaction, and if you really want to meet in this kind of vast and sparsely populated northwest, what a lot of fate do you say? Qiu Di said.

"Oh, I see, you're following behind your ass and ready to splash cold water at any time, right?" Dong Chunjie was displeased.

"I won't splash it, you have to be cold. Qiu Di said quite meaningfully, looking at Lao Dong's somewhat angry appearance, he asked with a smile: "Don't fool me, dare to say, you are a task assigned by the organization? I don't believe it, that leader's head let the donkey kick, can be assigned this kind of task, no name, no surname, no goal, across several provinces to find illegal surveying and mapping spies." ”

Lao Dong's face changed in vain, he opened his mouth, he had to sè for a long time, and before he could think of how to refute, someone was shouting in the distance: "Hi...... Come here, come here......"

"Facts speak louder than words, boy, you wait, don't fall into my hands. Lao Dong was excited, and walked briskly following the voice.

It was the old loach who found out, and when they all gathered around him after a while, several pairs of eyes blinked for a long time, and they couldn't see any traces from the place where the grass was thick and the shrubs were patchy.

"Nothing?" said Bao Xiaosan.

"It's nothing. Geng Baolei said.

The old loach smiled, and his eyes signaled: "Look more carefully." ”

Dai Lanjun squatted down and took a closer look, and when she saw a fallen grass, she suddenly realized: "Someone has been here, and it's not been long?"

"That's right. The old loach smiled.

It's not like ah, Geng Baolei and Bao Xiaosan squatted on the side, and they couldn't see why, Dai Lanjun explained, every time these people go to a place, they must be careful to eliminate the traces left behind, among the spies they caught, according to their confessions, their itinerary is to try to avoid staying in the hotel, avoiding surveillance, and avoiding crowded places, even if the traces left in the wild, they will be carefully removed.

And in this place, the grass has fallen a few trees, it must have been trampled, if it is deliberately artificial, then there must be something else around.

Thinking about it here, it has already done it there, the old loach is like a hunting dog, holding a dagger in his hand, looking for it inch by inch around the perimeter, and from time to time he inserts the dagger into the soil to try, and when he finally inserts it in a soft place, he smiles and says, "It's here...... I said, I'm going to have to leave something behind. ”

He drew a circle with a dagger, and slowly dug the soil, the soil was very loose, obviously not as compact as other places, and as he dug and dug, it became black, and as he dug and dug, a handful of charcoal appeared, and a burnt plastic bag appeared, all black.

Dong Chunjie was already overjoyed at this time, and he asked the old loach excitedly: "Old loach, can you be sure?"

"It's not a long time, but it's not a short time, about five or six days...... Well, this plastic texture doesn't seem to be ordinary plastic...... So, what about this?" The old loach picked up something with the tip of a dagger, the size of a fingernail, and put it in front of Dong Chunjie's eyes, and after careful identification, Lao Dong suddenly said in amazement: "Cigar?"

"That's right. Dai Lanjun said.

"Yes, that's right, people here are so poor that they can't afford to wear pants, who can afford to smoke this thing......... I can assure you, not domestic. Lao Dong was excited and called everyone: "Hurry up, pack up your things and see if there are any other discoveries." ”

According to Lao Loach's judgment, the time that has passed here is not more than a week, so if you calculate it this way, the original route is likely to overlap with the route of illegal surveying and mapping, based on this judgment, Lao Dong asked Lao Loach to judge the personnel, Lao Loach walked around the reservoir twice, but it was impossible to make a conclusion, but judging from the size of the fire, there should be no more than three people.

This point stayed for the longest time, taking pictures, collecting things, and it was already three hours after the restart, when she was about to leave, Dai Lanjun inadvertently turned back, but she didn't see Qiu Di anymore, she ran up quickly, shouted Qiu Di, shouted twice and didn't respond, and when she ran over, she found that Qiu Di was the same as the old loach, staring at the place where the charcoal was buried in a daze, holding a charcoal in her hand, and putting it on her nose to sniff.

"Yo, you've found it too?" Dai Lanjun asked curiously.

Qiu Di was awakened, looked at her, didn't say a word, but put the small charcoal stick in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, lit it a few times, and didn't light it, the dumbfounded eyes suddenly made Dai Lanjun laugh, and she asked, "What are you stupid?"

"Oh...... It's wrong. Qiu Di was stunned for a moment, then replaced the cigarette in his ear, lit it, and took a leisurely puff.

"Let's go, smoke again. Dai Lanjun said unhappily.

Qiu Di got up and patted the soil on his buttocks, with a cigarette in one hand and a charcoal bar in the other, he glanced at Dai Lanjun mysteriously, and left without saying a word.

"Why, you want to get the right medicine. Qiu Di asked rhetorically.

"Believe it or not, I'll drive you away when I go down the mountain. Dai Lanjun said viciously, and after thinking about it, he added: "I won't pay a dime for the final payment." ”

"It's so vicious, how do I think you look like you're sick...... What happened to me to you?" Qiu Di said.

"No, I just get angry at you and want to kick you. Dai Lanjun glanced obliquely, a little angry for no reason.

Qiu Di stopped, smiled, solemnly put the charcoal strip into Dai Lanjun's hand, and said with a treacherous smile: "I see that you have a different feeling, just like it......"

"What do you mean?" Dai Lanjun asked.

"No, it's the outside and wet on the inside...... If you don't believe it, break it open and look at it. Qiu Di laughed, and ran away as soon as the words fell. Dai Lanjun chased after him with a flick of his hand, shouting to stop, dare to tease the old lady and hack you to death.

The two of them chased and ran one by one, and Lao Dong felt that he had a stomachache, and at this time, he felt that he really shouldn't have kept this goods, and he had already known that he had sent it away.

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Rest for a day, the next day into the territory of Ruoergai County, here is already the southeast foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, more than 3,000 meters above sea level, along the road can be seen everywhere to maintain the original ecology, rivers, but there are few human tracks, at most a few small groups of donkey friends, or shepherds herding sheep, Sensei expects to talk to them, these people are almost like a piece of wood, you ask for a long time only to find that he does not understand at all.

Originally prepared to go to Ruoergai County, but the car shop had an accident halfway, rumbling heavy rain, the rain here is extraordinary, just the rain started, Lao Dong beckoned two cars to gallop, to the open land outside the mountain road, walked a short distance to stop, soon a new problem came, this kind of place don't look at the summer wearing a single clothes, but the heavy rain poured, the temperature outside dropped sharply, a car window was frozen shivering.

It seems that Lao Dong has really come to this kind of place more than once, he has been prepared, as soon as the rear compartment is opened, a canopy and a little charcoal of the mechanism, after a while, a warm small space is conjured up like a trick, six people are crowded together, and it is rare that there are two bottles of white bottles, which have already been warmed on the brazier, and they are handed in one hand and one hand, and they are poured into two mouthfuls to keep warm.

"Do you want to live in the wild?" Bao Xiaosan took a sip and said nervously.

"This place is not as good as other places, and it rains so hard that you may encounter a mudslide or something...... I came here three years ago, and on the road, a stone fell on it, the size of half a house, and you can't cure it, so you can only go back. Lao Dong said, urging everyone to drink two sips to keep out the cold.

"Then what should I do tonight?" Geng Baolei asked, this special ghost place, obviously it was morning, but now it seems to be dark.

"I'll look at the map...... It's okay, it's more than ten kilometers away from here, and there is a primary school......... The rain should be lighter and I can leave, I am afraid of mudslides on the road...... Thank you all for your hard work. Lao Dong was polite, and when he saw Qiu Di taking a sip of wine, he reached out and grabbed it with a vengeance: "Not including you, if you don't work hard, you will add to the blockage." ”

"Such a big leader, such a small belly, hehe. Qiu Di said with a smile, as if he was an adult, and he didn't mind at all.

Lao Dong didn't bother to pay attention to him, spread out the map, and Dai Lanjun and Ning Zhiqiu discussed the route, with his idea, the goal should be from Shaanxi Province, along Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and then to Tibet, May and June season, is the best season of the year, then the problem comes, now that we have reached the foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and then go up to Tibet, it is not easy to find this kind of possible place to stay.

"Lao Dong, you made a mistake. Qiu Di said suddenly.

Dong Chunjie saw that it was him, and said angrily: "You know a fart, what's wrong?"

"It seems to be in the wrong direction, isn't it, Brother Loach?" Qiu Di said, and asked the old loach with a smile, the old loach smiled awkwardly as if it was difficult to speak, and then looked at Qiu Di curiously and asked, "How do you know?"

"The eighteenth stayed in Linqin, if the traces left by the Bazai Reservoir are also theirs, then it doesn't make sense, one day from Linqin to the reservoir is enough, if they are from Linqin to the Bazai Reservoir, it should be after the nineteenth, we came on the 23rd, and it didn't rain, two or three days, the traces found shouldn't be like this...... The grass shouldn't have grown very well, at least it won't rain, footprints or something, there should always be a little bit........." Qiu Di said, worthy of living in the mountains, to put it bluntly, even the old loach couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"That means......" Dai Lanjun was stunned.

"The direction is just the opposite, they should have started from Tibet, all the way to Ganshan or southern Xinjiang, and they just ran into it by mistake in Linqin. Qiu Di said.

Dong Chunjie looked at Ning Zhiqiu in amazement, and the old loach nodded, he had just figured this out and made a low-level mistake.

"Ouch, didn't you say it earlier, running such a wrong road happened to fork in the road. Lao Dong patted his head and said angrily.

"I was going to tell her at the reservoir, but she wouldn't listen and wanted to beat me. Qiu Di pointed at Dai Lanjun, Dai Lanjun's eyes widened, and he blurted out: "Do you say this is it?"

"Then I'm not talking about this, what is it?" Qiu Di glared back and asked sternly.

"Yes........." Dai Lanjun was stunned, and the words choked back, as if she was in a loss, so angry that she got up and stretched out her hand to fan the flute.

"Hurry up...... Don't make trouble, don't be annoying, I said Xiao Dai, if you're out of the house, don't let your eldest lady be tempered, it's not easy for these children to follow us to endure hardships and hardships, can't you be polite to others?"

Dai Lanjun's face changed drastically, and from time to time she looked at Qiu Dide's snickering expression, so angry that she yelled at herself: "I'm so angry...... This traitor teased me, and he didn't say that he was going in the wrong direction. ”

"What did he say?" Dong Chunjie said unhappily.

He said...... He handed me a piece of charcoal and said, it's the outside, and it's wet on the inside......" Dai Lanjun said, lacking Qiu Di's vision and context, it didn't taste right to say it, sure enough, Lao Dong didn't understand, and said in amazement: "What does this mean?"

"It means that it's been long enough, it's definitely not just buried, your IQ is hard, and you can't blame others. Qiu Di said, saying that he got up and slipped away, Dai Lanjun smashed the wine bottle, and was caught by the old loach halfway, he grabbed it in his hand, and persuaded him directly, almost making Dai Lanjun cry.

Fortunately, after an hour, the sky was getting clearer, and the two cars got back on the road, preparing to live temporarily in a pastoral primary school that knew the direction.........