On the Seven Towers

Catalina got the list of guards who were guarding outside the room from Wu Qi, found two of them, and confirmed that the situation at that time was basically consistent with what she said.

If this is the case, you must find the reason why no one came to notify you in time.

At noon, when Catalina and Tang Feng met, she talked about this matter with him. Tang Feng said: "I asked about a situation here that can confirm with you. Huang Zheng has already said that he has never seen it before. Zhang Hong. I asked many people about this matter, and no one who appeared around Shi Hao had seen Zhang Hong before his death."

"So Zhang Hong said that he had received instructions from Shi Hao, which is probably false." Catalina said.

Tang Feng took out his notebook and drew an axis on it: "Let's sort out the timeline and fill in everything we did. First of all, the last time anyone saw Zhang Hong before retreating was when they were in the cafeteria I have seen Shi Hao and Zhang Hong talking. The time mentioned by several witnesses has a range, about 5:00 to 5:10.

The time of the first explosion was 6:10. This time is conclusive. Many people read the time when they heard the explosion.

Zhang Hong began to organize the rear troops to prepare for retreat, probably around 7:00. "

Catalina added: "It was about 6:22 when Shen Yuan went to find Shi Hao, and Wu Qi and several guards could prove this.

The time when Zhang Hong and Suero communicated was 6:40. This was the time recorded by Suero's communication station and Heimuguan. Wu Qi also brought out the communication log when she retreated.

Zhang Hong reported to Suero that there was a problem with the teleportation array at 6:46.

Reporting that the situation outside was not good was 6:51, which are also well-documented times.

Finally, according to what Wu Qi and the guards said, after Zhang Hong finished his report, he proposed to Suero that he help guide the retreat, and he probably left the communication station within a minute or two. "

"Very good, there is no problem in stringing these lines together, and Zhang Hong's itinerary is also very interesting. Now we have to fill in the gaps in the middle. Now there are a few doubts." Tang Feng added the time points they knew on the axis, and then I wrote a (1) below, and then recorded while writing, "First, what was Zhang Hong doing between five and six o'clock? Second, who did Shi Hao arrange to report this situation to Wang Jiyuan, and why did he Didn't appear in the communication room? Third, what happened to Shen Yuan? Fourth, why did the teleportation array break? "

"Now is not the time to ask Zhang Hong the first question." Catalina said.

"I'm just afraid of alerting the enemy. You're right." Tang Feng circled the second question, "I have a direction for this question. I found a soldier from Shi Hao's security squad, who was the only one in his security squad. If Shi Hao hadn't asked him to notify the surrounding troops to retreat, he would have died in front of the north gate together with Shi Hao. He had been seriously injured in the past few days and I just woke up this afternoon. ask."

He then circled the four and said: "As for the fourth question, I leave it to you. We have experts in this area. Lorenzo from the Tower of Inheritance Talisman came to support us yesterday. You and Wu Qi Just go find him. We’ll summarize the situation tonight.”

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Alexander, a soldier from the guard squad, was lying on the hospital bed and recounted what happened that day in a weak voice: "We were all at the headquarters, which is the city lord's palace, and Commander Shi sent Platoon Commander Cheng, also known as Cheng Jing, to inform us Went to the North Gate to gather for battle... Everyone was very nervous at that time. I heard our squad leader Prot ask if Suero had been notified when the reinforcements would arrive. At that time, Platoon Leader Cheng mentioned that he encountered someone on the road. When they arrived at Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong said he would notify the communications room and ask Platoon Commander Cheng to mobilize troops directly. "

"Zhang Hong is not from your guard, nor is he Cheng Jing's superior. Is it against the rules for Cheng Jing to do this?" Tang Feng asked.

Alexander shook his head repeatedly and said: "Having said that, the situation at that time was very urgent. Platoon Leader Cheng said that there was no guard around Captain Shi at that time. It was too dangerous. He was afraid that running to the communication room in the opposite direction would be a waste of time. , so he did this, but the reinforcements did not come until the end, and he regretted it later. "

"Is it possible that someone saw Cheng Jing and Zhang Hong together?" Tang Feng asked again.

"I don't know about this..." Alexander suddenly paused, "Cheng Jing once mentioned that he just walked up the hill where the communication room is, and bumped into Zhang Hong. According to the direction he came to us, I You should be able to deduce the approximate location.”

Tang Feng took out the map drawn by Huang Zheng and asked Alexander to find on it the location where they might meet according to Cheng Jing's description.

Alexander carefully drew three circles with a pen, "These three places are consistent with what he said. But I don't know which one it is."

"Actually, it's very clear. If Zhang Hong really wants to affect the communication between Heimuguan and Suero, the place he chose should be easier to observe the situation in the communication room and transmission room." Tang Feng stretched out his hand and placed a circle on one of the He clicked, "Only here can meet such requirements."

Immediately afterwards, he outlined three patrol teams and a magic detection checkpoint around him, "It depends on whether these people saw what happened that day."

Tang Feng came out of Alexander's ward. He quickly obtained a list from Wang Jiyuan, and then checked the people who appeared on it one by one.

These people were located relatively far back in Heimuguan, but they were relatively well preserved. Tang Feng spent an afternoon investigating and asked more than ten people, but he didn't get anything.

However, when he asked the 21st person, that person gave an answer that made him very excited.

Su Degao, the leader of a patrol team, said: "Yes, I glanced over there when I was patrolling. Cheng Jing and Zhang Hong were indeed talking there. It was a little dark at the time, but when the two were talking, most of their faces were facing the direction of the setting sun, and I could see it very clearly.

At that time, Zhang Hong seemed to be promising something to Cheng Jing, and Cheng Jing left without saying a few words."

Tang Feng asked, "Was he normal when he left?"

"It's quite normal, but the only problem is that after Cheng Jing left, Zhang Hong stood there almost motionless, and didn't seem to do anything at all."

"I didn't know what they were talking about at the time. But according to what you said now, I suspect that Zhang Hong deliberately didn't report it. At that time, because my team passed that point several times before and after, Zhang Hong stood there for at least ten minutes. It's really strange to think about it now!"