Xixia dead book

Chapter 125 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (10)
Tang Feng calmed down a little, and now he also recognized that the huge black shadow in front of him was the rock wall under the North Peak.The trees in front became more and more sparse, until Tang Feng and Han Jiang walked past the last two trees, the front suddenly opened up.

Tang Feng held the flashlight and observed carefully: "It's really strange, after walking for so long, why did you come here again?"

Han Jiang also saw the clue: "We have returned to the Black Eagle Temple?"

Tang Feng stepped on this huge ruins slowly, stepping on the soft soil under his feet, a strange feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.He came to the rock wall where he saw the petroglyph in the morning. He shone a flashlight on the rock wall and observed the rock wall in front of him step by step from east to west, and then from west to east.But what surprised him was that the giant petroglyph that he saw in the morning was gone now!

"What... what's going on?" Tang Feng couldn't believe his eyes.

"You look for it carefully." Han Jiang was also surprised.

Holding up the flashlight, the two started to search separately. The strong light from the flashlight shone on the neat rock wall, but there was still no trace of the petroglyph.

"It's really strange here, strange noises at night, lost forests, disappearing petroglyphs, mysterious stone ladders and platforms..." Tang Feng kept shaking his head.

"I think that because there are so many strange things, it proves that this is the Black Eagle Temple. What we are looking for must be here." Han Jiang is still relatively calm.

"We have gone to all the places we should go today. Although we found some ruins, apart from adding a lot of mysteries to us, how can it help us find things?" Tang Feng said disappointedly.

"I think... if I want to find what we want, I have to start with these mysteries."

"Nonsense, I know this too. But according to the situation we have now, it is impossible to solve these mysteries."

"There is no unparalleled road. Maybe it's because it's dark, so we can't see the petroglyphs. Now that we've come here, let's go back to the camp, or they should wait."

Tang Feng didn't dare to stay here any longer, so the two walked due south based on their experience when they came in the morning.After passing two small slopes, they walked up to the tallest rammed earth platform in the ruins of Heijiu Temple.

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Tang Feng returned home like an arrow, walking in front, and Han Jiang behind.When the two walked up the big slope, Han Jiang who was walking behind suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Tang Feng asked back.

"What do you see under my feet?" Han Jiang felt as if he had stepped on a puddle of water, but he felt that it was not water.If it were Tang Feng, he might not notice anything at all, but he is experienced and well-trained after all.When he slowly raised his right foot, he could already smell a bloody smell keenly.

"Blood, blood!" Tang Feng shone the flashlight on Han Jiang's right foot, and then screamed.

"Don't make a fuss!" Han Jiang tried his best to keep calm.

"Could it be that the doctor and the others had an accident?" Terrible thoughts flashed through Tang Feng's mind.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Han Jiang scolded, then squatted down and carefully examined the pool of blood on the ground.Tang Feng stood there in a daze, looking at him.Han Jiang dipped his finger in a little blood, put it under his nose and smelled it, and then licked it lightly with his tongue: "Damn it, it was a false alarm. It looks like some kind of animal blood."

Hearing what Han Jiang said, Tang Feng's hanging heart returned to his place: "Can you tell what kind of animal it is?"

"You think I'm a god! Can you tell what kind of animal it is?" Han Jiang thought for a while, and then said, "However, it's not difficult, just check if there are any animal's hoof prints nearby. "

The two of them separately used flashlights to look for hoofprints on the rammed earth platform. Sure enough, a row of hoofprints appeared faintly on the floating soil near the bloodstains. "Is it blue sheep?" Tang Feng immediately thought of the blue sheep that brought them here.

"You ask me? I'm not a zoologist! Judging from the shape of the hoof prints, I can only tell that this is left by some kind of medium-sized artiodactyl mammal. But..."

"But what?"

"However, there are no other animal or human footprints nearby, and there are no messy hoof prints around the bloodstain. This shows that the animal did not resist violently when it was attacked. So what killed it?" How about killing it and making it not resist?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

Both of them fell into deep thought, and soon an answer flashed through their minds.However, Han Jiang shook his head, already denying that answer in his heart, but Tang Feng said it: "Could it be... vultures? When we were in the forest just now, those two vultures appeared again."

"I also thought of vultures, but vultures are scavengers and generally don't attack large living things like blue sheep." Han Jiang said with a frown.

"I know that too, but I can't think of any animal other than vultures that has the ability to kill blue sheep with one blow."

"In short, too many unexplainable things happened here. Let's hurry back to the camp." Han Jiang reckoned that Yelena and the others should be in a hurry.

The two continued to head southward, and just as they were about to enter the woods, there was a sound from the nearby woods.Han Jiang hurriedly pulled Tang Feng into the woods, and the two hid behind a tree to observe the movement outside.

The sound came intermittently, and finally there was a rush of footsteps and panting—it was a person!Who would it be here and now?Tang Feng and Han Jiang held their breath nervously, watched the place where the sound came from, and drew out their guns at the same time.

After a while, a person really jumped out of the woods, the night was too dark, they couldn't see the appearance of that person clearly.Han Jiang made a gesture to Tang Feng, Tang Feng understood, and tiptoed to another tree.

Han Jiang stood up, stared sideways at the shadow, then suddenly turned on the flashlight and pointed it at the shadow, while shouting, "Who is it?"

The man reacted quickly, and when Han Jiang pointed the flashlight at her, he also drew out his gun and pointed it at Han Jiang.However, it took only 0.01 second for Han Jiang to recognize the person who came by the light of the flashlight - Yelena.

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"Why did you come here? Yelena!" Han Jiang walked quickly to Yelena's side.

Yelena also recognized Han Jiang, put down her gun and said, "It's getting dark, and you haven't come back yet, so I'm worried about you!"

"Are you worried about Han Jiang?" At this time, Tang Feng also came out of the forest.

"I worry about everyone. Why have you been gone for so long?" Yelena asked.

"Are the doctor and the old horse okay?" Tang Feng asked Yelena.

"Why do you ask? Everything was fine when I left just now."

Han Jiang asked again: "Except for you, have the old horse and the doctor not left the camp?"

Yelena looked at Han Jiang with strange eyes, then stared at Tang Feng and asked, "What's wrong with you? We stayed in the camp all afternoon, didn't go anywhere, and nothing happened."

"That's not good." Han Jiang murmured after hearing what Yelena said.

"Because we encountered many bizarre things." Tang Feng briefly described what they encountered along the way.

"No wonder. I was about to ask you, why did I follow the triangle mark left by Han Jiang to the northeast, but got lost in the woods and came here?" Yelena also looked confused.

Han Jiang stared at Yelena with a hint of doubt in his eyes.This small change did not escape her eyes: "Han, your eyes tell me that you don't trust me."

Tang Feng was startled, he didn't realize that Han Jiang and Yelena were competing with each other with their eyes.

"Well, nothing can escape your eyes." Han Jiang wanted to avoid Yelena's beautiful bright eyes, but she grabbed them tightly, so he continued, "This mark is agreed between me and you. Why is there another sign in the forest? Another triangular mark appeared?"

Yelena was full of anger, and was about to refute Han Jiang, but another voice came from behind: "Han Jiang, I can answer your question."

The three looked back together, it was Makarov and Xu Renyu, and they also got out of the woods from where Yelena walked just now.

"Han Jiang, if you doubt Yelena and me because of this, you are too hasty." Makarov said slowly.

"No! Please believe that I trust you, but I encountered too many unexplainable things today, which made my brain... how should I put it, my brain short-circuited." Han Jiang looked at Yelena and began to regret what he had just said. suspicion.

Makarov came over, patted Han Jiang, and said, "We lost our way in the woods just now because of this mark. If Yelena or I carved it, we wouldn't get lost at all."

"That's right! The old horse and I were anxious because we saw that you and Yelena had gone and never came back, so we followed the triangle mark to look for you, and ended up walking half a circle in the woods before arriving here." Xu Renyu also echoed.

Makarov smiled slightly and said: "Later, I also discovered the problem. The triangle mark that caused us to get lost was obviously different from the triangle mark at the beginning. So I carefully observed that triangle mark, the triangle mark that caused us to get lost. Marking reminds me of something from the past."

"The past?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Old Ma, don't make up stories for us. Just an ordinary sign, can it remind you of your past?" Han Jiang felt that Makarov was always immersed in the memories of the past.

"Yes! Your old past is quite heavy." Tang Feng teased and eased the atmosphere.

Makarov let out a long sigh, and said slowly: "Tang Feng, you are right. My past events are all heavy memories. Getting lost in the woods today reminded me of the time when I and I What happened when Brdenko was at the base."

"Damn, how could we get in touch there." Han Jiang felt incomprehensible.

"Is that the advance base in Mongolia?" Tang Feng became interested.

Makarov nodded and said: "Yes, it is the forward base, where Buldenko and I trained a group of students who were going to sneak into China to carry out latent missions. Buldenko has very strict requirements for those students. Survival training in the wild Among them, we made several kinds of marks, among which the triangular marks on the trunk were commonly used. At that time, Buldenko asked that when engraving the triangular marks, they should be carved with three knives, so as to ensure that the remaining marks are clear. It is easy to identify. During the training, those students often forget Buldenko's requirements and finish the carving with one knife. I clearly remember that once we took the students to the primeval forest of Siberia for field training, one of the students used this triangular mark when marking, but it was not divided into three carvings according to Buldenko's requirements. As a result, Buldenko was furious and ordered someone to carve a triangle on the student's arm with a knife."

"So cruel?" Tang Feng was startled.

"Of course, after my intervention, Brdenko didn't do that. However, this incident has left a deep impression on my mind."

"What you said confirmed my suspicion just now." Han Jiang suddenly gained confidence, "Your KGB training is strict, and you have this glorious tradition!"

"No, no! Han Jiang, you didn't understand, our KGB does not have this tradition. When I was training, the instructor didn't teach us to carve this triangle mark in three cuts." Makarov further explained.

"That is to say, do you think that the person who carved the mark in three divisions in the forest has something to do with Burdenko and the students at the forward base?" Han Jiang asked in surprise.

"Isn't Burdenko dead?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

"Father, do you suspect that the group of students you trained had something to do with this matter?" Yelena was also surprised.

Everyone looked at Makarov, but he remained silent for a long time.After a while, he said slowly: "No! I didn't mean that, I just gave you a little clue."

"I think that's what you mean." Han Jiang deliberately provoked Makarov, hoping that he would say something about the past.

"Han, you don't need to provoke me, you will understand what I mean soon."

Makarov didn't say anything more, and walked straight to the south, that is, the direction of the camp, and everyone had no choice but to follow them into this lost forest.

[Section [-] Big Buddha]

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The route back to the camp from the ruins of the Black Eagle Temple did not make people lose their way, and everyone returned to the camp quickly.After Xu Renyu checked the things left in the camp, he let out a sigh of relief: "Everything is there, it seems that no one came here when we left."

"Look at your nervous look, not to mention that there is no one here, but there are people. We have all our valuables with us. What are you afraid of? No one will steal our tent, right?" Yelena laughed at Xu Renyu.

"You don't know, Dr. Xu always brings a lot of odds and ends." Han Jiang said angrily.

"What bits and pieces, they are all my treasures." Xu Renyu retorted.

"Okay, you have to keep your baby by yourself, don't look for me if you lose it." Han Jiang looked back, and Makarov had been alone since he returned to the camp, as if he had fallen into deep memories again .

Han Jiang's gaze turned to Yelena, but she gave her a stare.Han Jiang shook his head helplessly, and looked at Tang Feng again, also in a daze.He poked Tang Feng: "Why are you in a daze?"

"What can I do if I don't stay in a daze? Today makes my head dizzy."

"Do you have any idea?"

"I always feel that there are a pair of malicious eyes staring at us." Tang Feng looked around, the dark night, the dark forest.

"Don't worry about it so much, rest first, and talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do."

"Rest? I'm afraid someone will sneak up on us while we're sleeping."

"So someone needs to be on duty at night."

"I'm not going to do it anymore, I was scared in the early morning."

Han Jiang had no choice but to go to Yelena to discuss it.After a long time of discussion, Makarov expressed that he would replace Tang Feng on night duty, which actually made Tang Feng feel embarrassed.

"Since everyone is worried that there will be danger at night, I think we should arrange it like this. Yelena and the old horse are in the first half of the night..." Han Jiang looked at Yelena.He deliberately arranged this to show his trust in Yelena and Makarov.

"Dr. Tang Fenghe in the second half of the night." Han Jiang continued, "I'll be on duty in the middle."

"Don't do it! I don't dare to make that strange noise in the middle of the night..." Tang Feng was still terrified.

"Then you and the doctor will be in the middle, and I will stay in the middle of the night." Han Jiang gave Tang Feng an angry look.

Tang Feng didn't say anything anymore, and Han Jiang specifically warned: "Stay by the campsite on duty at night, and no one should go into the forest, remember!"

Tang Feng ate something quickly and went to bed quickly.In the early hours of the morning, he was woken up by Xu Renyu.

Tang Feng and Xu Renyu sat outside the tent with big eyes and small eyes. After a while, both of them had the intention of being called by Duke Zhou.Tang Feng thought that this was not possible, so he stood up and asked Xu Renyu to take a nap first, and change himself later, of course Xu Renyu agreed.The two were on duty at night, and one person was on duty again.

If one person was on duty, there would be no chance to take a nap. Tang Feng could only stand up and start pacing around the tent again, one circle, one circle, and another circle.Turning and turning, Tang Feng felt a familiar sign flashed in front of his eyes.He thought it was the flames from the bonfire that dazzled his eyes, so he quickly rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, that's right!On the trunk of a tree next to him, a triangular mark suddenly appeared.

Tang Feng leaned forward to take a closer look. The more he watched, the more nervous he became, his heart suddenly clenched together.Because he found that the triangular logo in front of him was carved in three parts, leaving deep and sharp marks on the trunk, and it could be seen that it was newly carved.A series of terrible events flashed through his mind. When did this terrible mark appear in the camp?what does it stand forHad someone visited the camp while they were away?

(End of this chapter)