"The cave is so small, who can see it if you don't see it?" Gu Weitao looked down at the telescope in He Xiaoyu's hand and asked, "Did you see it?" ”

"yes, I saw it." He Xiaoyu handed the telescope to Du Heping and said, "Master, the east side is basically bare weathered stones, and the top of the mountain is also uncovered; However, in the stone forest on the west side, there seem to be a few black spots, which should be stone caves. ”

Du Heping raised his binoculars and looked at it for a while, and said, "Okay, you don't need to divide the troops into two ways, just climb up the valley in the west." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and shouted and set off.

It was an undeveloped barren mountain, with no decent terraces or orchards, except for the tangled barren grass and vines, only a winding path that looked like the footprints of the woodcutters who had been stepping on for a long time.

Du Heping walked in the front, and after walking a few steps, he raised his telescope to observe for a while.

It didn't take long for Gu Weitao to catch up.

Climbing mountains is his advantage, he is not only young and strong, but also grew up in the mountains when he was young, and he is used to walking this kind of mountain trail.

He Xiaoyu was a girl after all, and she was exhausted before she was halfway up the mountain, sweating profusely, shortness of breath, and even her clothes were soaked.

Du Heping looked distressed and persuaded her to rest for a while.

He Xiaoyu shook his head, wiped his face, and continued to climb up with all his might.

Gu Weitao turned his head from time to time and shouted provocatively: "Climb...... Crawl, now you know what strength is, right? ”

"This bear thing deserves it...... You deserve to not find your daughter-in-law! Although Du Heping was panting, his voice was full of confidence.

"Master, just don't admit defeat, don't expose other people's shortcomings!"

"I'm igniting you, as a ...... As a man, you must learn to use your strengths to ...... Win a woman's heart. ”

"Women should be self-reliant."

"Shut your foul mouth! At the critical moment, you must know that you can cherish the fragrance and cherish the jade, so that you can capture the heart. ”

"Master, what you turned over was the old yellow calendar, as far as the current situation is concerned, there is no money in your pocket, and no one even gives you the opportunity to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade."

"That's because you don't understand women." Du Heping turned around and asked He Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, do you think money is important in choosing a life partner?" Or is character important? ”

He Xiaoyu said: "It is very important to take care of both! ”

"See, this is the reality, you are her leader, save a little face for you, or you will say that money is important." Gu Weitao said and continued to climb up the mountain.

He saw the first hole, under a stone on the east side of the trail.

Gu Weitao walked over, squatted down and took a closer look, the entrance to the cave was very shallow, covered with lush grass, and there was no sign of human entry.

"Did you find anything?" Du Heping caught up and stopped and asked.

Gu Weitao waved his hand and said no.

Du Heping picked up the telescope and looked at it for a while, and said to He Xiaoyu: "The upper section is steeper, you should wait here." ”

He Xiaoyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Aren't we a little stupid?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"That's a novel, written for fun, let's take it seriously. Besides, what if the author deliberately played tricks on us? ”

Du Heping shook his head and said that it was impossible, he didn't need to do that.

"Why?"

"I can't say it either, intuition."

While the two were talking, Gu Weitao had already passed through the dense forest and climbed up directly from the gaps in the cliffs.

Du Heping shouted loudly: "You come back, you can't get up from there, it's too dangerous!" ”

"It's okay, I'll see, it's so close to the second hole that someone has climbed up here before."

"Are you sure?"

"The stone is tumbling, as if it has just been trampled on not long ago, here...... There's a tissue here. ”

"Did you bring a sample bag?"

"Take it!" Gu Weitao said, broke a thin wooden stick from the tree, broke it, made a pair of chopsticks, and clamped the paper towel into the inspection bag.

"It seems that there is a play." Du Heping looked up for a while, then turned back to He Xiaoyu and said, "There is no trail in the upper section, you sit down and wait, there is no need for all three of you to go up." ”

"No, if there is treasure in the cave, you don't want to eat alone, I'll get a share." After He Xiaoyu finished speaking, he bent down and climbed up with his hands and feet.

"It turns out that the little girl also loves money? Alright then, you follow me, I'll find the way. Du Heping said, raising his foot and stepping on an abrupt rock.

The two of them finally climbed to the top of the hill corresponding to the second cave entrance, stopped, and saw that Gu Weitao was already waiting there.

"How? Is there a situation? ”

"Yes...... Yes, it looks like someone has been here. ”

"Don't move yet, I'll be here in a moment."

Fortunately, the section to the entrance of the cave is quite smooth, but there is a pile of rocks, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will slip.

Du Heping turned around and stretched out his hand, and said to He Xiaoyu: "You hold my hand, take smaller steps, step steadily, and then take the second step." ”

"You're an old man, you won't take advantage of me, will you?" He Xiaoyu made a joke and reached out to grab it.

"Bear child, I'm your father, no...... No, godfather. ”

"Godfather is even worse!"

"Don't worry, the godfather who has no money is still reliable."

"Not necessarily."

"You pick up a piece of your hand and hold it in the other, if I am the slightest bit irregular, even if it is opened on the back of my head, you must not be polite."

He Xiaoyu smiled, held Du Heping's hand, and walked forward like a child.

When he arrived at the entrance of the cave, Du Heping didn't have time to take a breath, so he squatted down and stretched his neck to look inside.

The entrance of this cave is more than one meter high, the cave wall is flat, and there are traces of artificial chiseling, and he whispered: "Who opened it?" What are you doing with a hole here? ”

He Xiaoyu observed for a while and said, "This was originally a natural cave, and someone used tools to widen it, maybe it was used to avoid when hunting." ”

"Well, that makes sense."

He Xiaoyu took out a miniature flashlight from his bag, pushed the electric door and shone it inside.

The hole is very deep, and the further you go in, the narrower it becomes, and it is so dark that you can't see the bottom at a glance.

Gu Weitao said to He Xiaoyu: "You give me the flashlight, and I'll go in and take a look." ”

Du Heping said: "There is no need. ”

"Why?"

Du Heping pointed inside and said, "You see, it's full of cobwebs, and the entire hole is entangled, what does this mean?" ”

"What does that mean?"

"It means that no one has been in at all." Du Heping leaned into half of his body and picked it with his hand, and the sand mixed with gravel was loose.

Scattered next to the cave wall were a pile of stones, relatively white in color, completely different from the inside.

Du Heping took the stone in his hand and looked at it piece by piece, there were traces of friction on it.

It wasn't until the stones were turned upside down that a pit about 30 centimeters deep appeared in the ground, and when I pulled out the soft soil with my hands, I saw the hard stone bottom.

He withdrew, clapped his hands and looked around, saying, "Looks like we're late." ”

Gu Weitao asked, "Master, are you saying that someone is ahead of us?" ”

"yes, if you look above the entrance to the cave, are there any signs of trampling on the weeds next to the cobblestone?"

He Xiaoyu looked at it for a while and asked Du Heping: "You mean they came down from above?" ”

Du Heping said: "Maybe they came from the hill in the east; There is another possibility, they went straight to the top of the hole, found that the thing was not there, and came directly to this. ”

Gu Weitao thought for a while and said: "Is it possible to understand it like this, the people who come down from above don't know the truth, that is to say, they are not the ones who hide things." ”

Du Heping nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, aren't you making rapid progress." ”

"Who's going to get ahead of us?" He Xiaoyu asked.

Du Heping asserted: "People who have read novels. ”

"Team Du, do you mean it's not just us who are paying attention to that novel?"

"yes, maybe that's the guy we're looking for."

"Prey?"

"Who else could it be but them? Of course, it is not excluded that there are curious readers, or driven by profit, thinking that there is money in the bag. ”

He Xiaoyu shook his head and said that this is unlikely, who would believe what is written in the novel.

While the two were talking, Gu Weitao shouted: "Look, there's something over there." ”

Du Heping turned around and looked in the direction of Gu Weitao's finger, only to see a white plastic bag, a few mineral water bottles, and some garbage-like things scattered in the dense grass.

"I'll go over and take a look." Gu Weitao raised his feet and walked over there.

I didn't take a few steps, and with a stumbling sound, I fell into the grass with a solid step.

"What's wrong?" Du Heping ran over and reached out to help Gu Weitao.

It seemed that Gu Weitao was hurt by the fall, hissing and inhaling the cool air, gritting his teeth and getting up.

"Are you hurt?"

"It's fine." Gu Weitao raised his arm and looked at it, his elbow was broken, and blood was oozing.

"I'll just go over and take a look, you go back and let He Xiaoyu help you rinse it."

"It's nothing, it's fine." Gu Weitao said, raising his foot and walking forward, but the back foot was firmly fixed.

When I looked down, it turned out to be covered by a thin wire button.

"Damn, how can there be a secret weapon here?" Du Heping bent down and helped Gu Weitao unbutton.

Gu Weitao smiled and asked, "Master, you don't know what that's for, right?" ”

"What?"

"It's a hidden weapon, but it's not a catch."

"What's that?"

"Catch rabbits."

"How do you know?"

"When I was a child, I followed adults."

"In other words, there are often nearby villagers who come to catch rabbits or something?"

"It should be."

"Oh, be careful, don't be taken for a rabbit again." Du Heping said, walking ahead, carefully observing and cautiously stepping forward.

When I got there, I realized that there seemed to be someone sitting on the ground and playing in that place.