Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 297 A Discovery

297 Chapter 297 Discovered
As soon as we heard that the old man had a piece of iron that he had picked up, and that the big boss was going to spend a huge sum of money to buy it, the three of us thought almost at the same time that the piece of iron that the old man had found was most likely the same kind of iron that we found. Something like a pimple.

Agui was smoking a cigarette and said with a smile: "You can't steal it from your father secretly. If you change it for money, you can get it. In the future, the government won't give you a penny when it comes to collect it."

Panma's son said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's the old man who is a thief. I once said that I should throw that thing away to prevent him from getting mad, but he hid the thing. Then I couldn't find it. ." Then he sighed "Hey": "I really want to slap myself when I think about it. I didn't expect that piece of broken iron is really valuable. If we can really make this deal, it will be a golden egg falling from the sky. I I don’t have to worry so much about my son’s schooling.”

At this time, the younger brother suddenly asked him: "Did your father put things together two years ago?"

When I heard this, I looked at him with admiring and curious eyes, and thought to myself, he has also thought about the issue at this point in time, so it seems that I am thinking in the right direction.

Panma's son thought for a while, nodded and said, "Hey, how do you know?"

I smiled and said: "The old man started going to the mountains abnormally two years ago. Since he is not going to hunt, then he should go to see something."

Wu Xie immediately understood what we meant and immediately continued: "Your father must have taken the stuff to the mountains. The old man felt uneasy, so he went to check on us every now and then. This is why your father is acting abnormally."

Panma's son said "Hey" and said, "It makes sense."

Agui said: "Then your father is really interested in this matter, you should persuade him again, if you really steal it, your father will definitely shoot you."

Panma's son said: "That's because my father has a bad temper, and I don't bother to argue with him. If it doesn't work, let it go. My distant relative is really pestering, and I'm afraid that with his nature, this can be regarded as a hindrance. Without his wealth, our family will never have peace in the future."

After that, we waited at his house for Father Panma to come back. Wu Xie chatted with them, while my brother and I listened to them quietly.

Among them, I was more interested in some of the things they introduced about the old man Panma. According to his son, his father is a local aboriginal and has been farming on this land for several generations. He is also one of the only remaining old hunters. .

I thought that since this was the case, he must know a lot of things, especially things that happened in the mountains.

Panma's son said: "My father is a celebrity in our area. He has good marksmanship. He can shoot through poplars with a hundred steps. He is nimble and very good at climbing trees. My father used to be a famous person during the New Year and festivals. He had to rely on him to fight in this village. The wild boar divided its meat. However, later on, as the economy developed and he got older, he was gradually not taken seriously by others. My father became a little cynical and very stubborn. It was difficult for us to deal with his temper. Later, As time goes by, the relationship will not be very good.”

I heard what he meant. It seems that this old man is not so easy to talk to and has a bad temper. It seems that if he wants to trick him, brother Wu Xie will have to think hard.

While waiting for people, I felt that time passed very slowly, but we waited until the afternoon. The old man Panma didn't come back. Wu Xie was obviously a little anxious, and I was also a little tired from waiting.

Panma's son also felt that we had been kept waiting for too long, and he couldn't sit still, so he said to us, "I'm so sorry. You guys sit down for now while I go out and look for him."

Seeing that he was gone, I pulled the little brother gently and looked at him with a tired face. The little brother twisted his body and put his shoulder to my ear, and I leaned in obediently.

In this way, we kept waiting, waiting and waiting. The longer we waited, the more boring we became. Wu Xie became even more depressed. Unknowingly, I leaned against my brother and took a nap. When I woke up, it was already evening, and all I saw was the plate. Ma's son also disappeared forever.

Wu Xie's patience was running out, and Agui felt very embarrassed. He cursed and said, "These two fathers and sons are so shameless." Then he said to us, "Why don't we go back first and come back at another time?" .”

Just when we walked out of the yard of Panma's house, we saw a hurried person walking towards us. If we looked carefully, we saw that it was Panma's son. He seemed to have something wrong with his expression, and he was still following behind. A group of people didn't even say hello to us and went straight up the mountain. I said softly: "What happened? We are so anxious."

Wu Xie said "Ah". He also saw that his father's son had a bad face and was a little confused.

Agui was also puzzled. He grabbed a person and asked, "What's going on?"

The man said: "The Alai family's son found Father Panma's clothes on the mountain. They were all covered in blood. Something might have happened to him. We are looking for someone to search the mountain where the clothes were found."

Agui asked quickly: "Where was it found?"

The man said: "In the buffalo head ditch, the Alai family's son came back from hunting and found it while passing by."

Agui was very surprised when he heard this and said: "So far?"

Wu Xie asked: "Where is it?"

Agui said to us: "That's the mountain pass in front of Zhoudu Mountain and Yangjiao Mountain. It takes a long time to get there. You go back first. I have to go take a look." He followed.

Wu Xie and the younger brother looked at each other and saw that the younger brother's face was calm and without any disturbance, but he pulled me up and followed him. Wu Xie quickly followed after seeing this.

Our spokesperson Wu Xie said to Agui: "Let's help search the mountain together."

Agui said: "No, you don't know the way. The situation in the mountains is complicated. You should go back first."

When Wu Xie saw that Agui didn't agree, he started to use his persuasive skills. In the end, Agui agreed and we followed the search. He also called his little daughter Yuncai and asked her to follow us, reminding us that we must not Got separated.

The villagers who came to search the mountain were all experienced hunters. There were about 20 people in total. They held torches and flashlights, and brought hunting dogs. They let the dogs smell the clothes of the old man Panma, and then everyone shouted and went towards the mountain. Walk to Buffalo Head Ditch.

The first section of the forest farm has been cut down. The road ahead is not difficult, but it is pitch dark all around. There is abundant rain here in Guangxi, so there must be many puddles on the mountains, and these puddles are usually filled with mountain leeches.

They shouted "Pan Ma Dad" all the way, and as they walked they arrived at Baolin District. The road started to become difficult to walk, and Wu Xie didn't forget to remind me: "Be careful where you step." I agreed with a "yes" he.However, no matter how difficult this road is, it is much easier to walk than the previous road in Tamutuo. After the experience accumulated in Tamutuo, walking on a normal mountain road like this now is like walking on flat ground.

A group of us walked straight into the depths of the mountain.

Wu Xie asked Yuncai: "What is the situation in the Buffalo Tougou area? Is dad in any danger?"

Yuncai turned back and said, "That's the boundary line between the Dabao Forest District and our village's forest protection area. Yangjiao Mountain is in the Dabao Forest District, Zhoudu Mountain is in the forest protection area, and in the middle is Buffalo Head Valley. Behind Yangjiao Mountain is a deep mountain old forest. The forest farm All the people in the area put up a sign at the mountain pass, telling us not to go in, so except for the old hunters, we generally don’t go to Yangjiao Mountain, and I haven’t heard of anyone going in the forest behind Yangjiao Mountain.”

Agui said from behind me: "I'm afraid the only person in the village who is most familiar with Yangjiao Mountain is Panma. It is said that only foot traders from Guyue dared to walk in the forest behind. In ancient times, Vietnamese jade people walked through the forest in order to evade customs duties." I travel here for a month to sell jade, but I don’t know how many people are trapped deep in these mountains.”

When I heard it, it was Yangjiao Mountain again. So the area behind this mountain is considered a forbidden area.

Wu Xie chatted with them: "I have heard about the brutal struggle between the Yu Gang in Vietnam and Myanmar. It is extremely common to become poor and rich overnight here. With the huge benefits of risking ten thousand, There is absolutely no place for humanity.”

When Wu Xie mentioned jade, something suddenly popped into my head. I frowned and muttered in a low voice: "Jade..."

Agui said with a "favor": "This is not far from the place where the jade trade is most prosperous. The jade merchants from Banai to Guangxi all do small business with some bosses in Guangdong. They are the most miserable jade people, so they are also special." Very ferocious. Especially during the Qing Dynasty, the Vietnamese, half merchants and half bandits, came in batches, which was a harm to the local area."

I thought about the "Qing Dynasty" and the emperor's wars mentioned before, and I began to connect these things.

I don’t know how long we’ve been walking for, but it must have been midnight before we walked into the ditch. The man in blood-stained clothes pointed to a tree and said to everyone: “The clothes were found on the tree. I saw them first.” Blood was stuck to the tree trunk. When I looked up, I found the clothes. At first I thought it was a night owl that had been bitten to death by a wild cat, but later I realized it was not."

They raised their flashlights to shine on the tree, but they were still using copper flashlights, and the brightness was worrying. They could only make sure that there was nothing else on it. I whispered: "Didn't I say that the old man is good at climbing trees? Could it be that he encountered What happened? He hid in a tree and left his clothes behind. By the way, how old is the old man?"

Agui said: "Dad is almost 80 years old."

Wu Xie asked Yun Cai: "Are there any ferocious beasts here?"

Yun Cai said: "I heard about tigers a long time ago. Now in the mountains, the most powerful thing may be the leopard."

I said flatly: "It definitely can't be a tiger's, it must be something else."

They looked at me and I said: "Guangxi is generally a South China tiger. According to historical records, Guangxi was indeed a main activity and habitat of South China tigers. However, in the early days of liberation, South China tigers often appeared in villages in various parts of Guangxi. , some places at that time set up "tiger hunting teams" in order to protect the safety of villagers. I am afraid that all the wild tigers around have long been wiped out. Besides, the South China tiger has long been one of the top ten endangered animals in China, and is a national first-level protected animal. As for animals, it’s unlikely that wild tigers will appear here.”

Wu Xie said: "Yeah, I'm afraid the tiger can't do it, but if it is really a leopard, it will be troublesome. Leopards are good at climbing trees, and leopards have the habit of hanging food on trees and hiding it. Maybe my father has been killed. ”

I muttered: "The probability of a leopard is not too high."

Wu Xie asked: "Why?"

Yun Cai said: "I think she is right, because leopards are in the deep mountains. The mountains here are not deep enough, and the probability of encountering leopards is too small. Why did dad come to such deep mountains without a gun?"

We searched around the tree for a while, but found nothing. We could only barely see some blood stains from several directions.The dogs we brought came in handy, and the hunters all carried guns. After loading the bullets, the soldiers went in separate groups to look for them in the distance. We followed Aquina and walked all the way to Yangjiao Mountain.

The buffalo head ditch is very long and deep. They said that no one has ever walked to the end. The middle part of the ditch is the mountain pass where Yangjiao Mountain and Zhoudu Mountain meet.

Just at this mountain pass, I felt that the environment here had a familiar feeling, especially like Tamuduo. I grabbed my brother and he looked at me. I looked at him a few times and looked around. It means that the environment here has changed. The little brother immediately understood what I meant and winked at me.

When I came here, I kept hearing "clucking" noises. I didn't know what it was. I remembered that there are owls in Guangxi, so I had to comfort myself by saying that there were probably night owls here.

The dogs they brought had a very good sense of smell and were well-trained. They quickly picked up the scent and led us all the way deeper into the valley.

We were silent all the way until late in the night when the crescent moon was over our heads. The dog seemed to have found its target and we stopped near the Yangjiao Mountain Pass.It was a slope on the mountainside. Due to mudslides, there were very few trees here, the slope was very steep, and the soil was slippery and soft, like snow.

We got some branches and used them as crutches to maintain balance. From time to time, we stepped on the wrong place, and the whole piece of mud just slipped all the way down.

The hound pulled us, half-crawled to the bottom of a tree with difficulty, and then stopped wandering, but barked at a large piece of grass behind the tree.

I shrank closer to my little brother, and Yun Cai became scared. Wu Xie was also worried. Agui stepped forward and used branches to push away the grass. When he shined the flashlight, he found that there was no body inside, only a big stone.After we went over, we found that it was a fragment of an ancient stone tablet. It looked like it had been worn for some time, and the traces of wind and rain were obvious, and the surface was completely worn away.

Agui and the others pushed aside the waist-high weeds around them, and suddenly a hunter let out an "oops" and fell short.

We rushed over to catch him and saw a mud pit hidden in the grass. It seemed that it had been washed out by the rain, and there was still mud in the pit.Looking at the bottom of the pit, Wu Xie and I both looked at each other.

I could vaguely see a few pieces of rotten wood wrapped in the mud in the pit. Judging from the shape, I was pretty sure it was a broken coffin.

This is a simple ancient tomb that was washed out.

(End of this chapter)