"Tenzin's defense is tight enough, and he still has a hand inside. Old Ren, what do you have to say?" I touched my chin, feeling a little confused.
"Of course it's no problem if you want to pry it out now, but when the time comes, as long as they take it apart on the spot, the secret will be exposed immediately! What's more, each of these nails is an inch long, and it takes a lot of time to pull them out." Ren Yonghai analyzed, "However,
Things have already been done to this extent, and it is really unreasonable to return without success. I think we should just stop doing it and pry what needs to be pried."
"You're a criminal police officer, so you don't have the skills to slip in and pick locks?" I looked at Ren Yonghai and said with a smile.
"I'm good at catching thieves, but I'm really bad at stealing things."
"This..." I was speechless for a moment.
"Without further delay, take action quickly!" Ren Yonghai urged.
"Okay!" After I made up my mind, I took out the horseshoe hook that I got from the horse team and started to tilt the steel nails on the box.
However, we were only half up when we heard Xu Yaxian whisper from below: "Lin Kun, there is something going on outside, come down quickly."
I followed the moonlight outside the tent and saw a figure wandering towards the tent. Ren Yonghai and I hurriedly wrapped the tarpaulin and jumped out of the cargo box. Xu Yaxian and Caiyun immediately hid.
In the woods on one side.
Unexpectedly, the people outside had already entered with their lanterns, and we had no time to escape from the tent, so we had to hide in the back of the cargo box and pray that no one would find us.
As soon as the man entered the tent, he hung the kerosene lamp in his hand on the wall pillar. I only glanced at it and knew it was a man's back, but I didn't see the man's face clearly.
"Since this person dares to blatantly light up the lights at the place where the goods are stopped, he must be someone who can speak in the team. If this person is not Uncle Tsewang, then he is probably Tenzin." I thought to myself, "But
Tenzin has developed strange sores all over his body and is currently lying dying in the patient tent. It is unlikely that he will appear here. So, is this Uncle Ciwang the one who comes?"
If it was because Tsewang, like me, was worried about Tenzin's goods, it would make sense to come to check. I held my breath and pressed my body against the cargo box, for fear that others would see the flaw.
Fortunately, the kerosene lamp was not very powerful and only had a dim yellow light. The man was standing across from us across the cargo box. Since I couldn't see what the man on the other side was doing, I had to rely on my hearing to judge his actions.
At first, I heard the sound of knocking on the wooden box, and then the sound of pacing. "It seems that this person is definitely not Tenzin. The person who came here has no idea what is in the box just like us." I had no idea about the identity of the person who came here.
Have a basic judgment.
The man was hesitating whether to unpack and inspect it, but before taking a few steps, the man suddenly stopped, and then heard another bang, and then the sound of fabric rubbing.
"Not good!" I felt a thump in my heart. It looked like he was going to climb up to the top and unpack the top wooden box. If he took a casual look down, we would be completely exposed.
Ren Yonghai is an old detective after all, and he is extremely professional in this kind of latent matter. When he realized that something was wrong, he tilted his head towards me and motioned for me to get out immediately while he was climbing.
Although I was also curious about the items in the box, if I were caught red-handed by the caravan, it would be hard to explain. So the two of us took advantage of the man to dig through the top of the box and escaped from the back of the tent.
We didn't go far after we got out of the tent. I patted the grass blades on my body and asked Ren Yonghai: "Old Ren, do you think we should go around to the front to see who is inside and just treat it as passing by?
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"Lin Kun, don't you understand? This is purely because we don't have three hundred taels of silver here. Why don't we go talk to Deyang Ram and the others and see who hasn't returned to the team yet?"
"It makes sense." Ren Yonghai was right. If we look back now and don't say anything too deliberately, our intentions will be exposed, so I nodded and said yes. We pretended to take a walk and slowly walked into the bonfire in the center of the camp.
heap.
"Lin Kun, you
Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Deyang Ram was holding a book and chewing on it. When he saw us coming, he immediately stood up.
"If you can't sleep, get up and get some fresh air." I said, pretending to be relaxed.
Deyang Ram looked at the sky and said puzzledly: "It's already this o'clock, and it will be dawn in three or four hours. How can you be in such good spirits?"
"Maybe it's because it's my first time to walk a caravan and I'm excited."
Ren Yonghai then said, "Yes, this endless mountain range has made my life level improve a lot. I will see more of this kind of world in the future."
The two of us chatted for a while, and finally deceived Deyang Ram's vigilance. Seeing that she didn't have any more doubts, he asked: "Hey, how are the two guys from Tenzin?"
"I went to bed early. When I was kidnapped by Luo Sang, I was so scared that I didn't even dare to say anything. I can't stand this kind of traitor the most. He ran away at the critical moment."
I asked her casually whether Tenzin's injury could still be cured. She looked very serious and said: "If someone gives the medicine, there must be someone who can cure it. I don't know whose medicine man he offended because of his burning clothes. Although I want to help
He must never break the rules or break other people's charms."
"Are you sure it's a poison?" My heart skipped a beat, thinking that "poison" is a sensitive topic. That girl Caiyun is a master of poisoning. Don't drag her into the water at this time. It won't be clear when the time comes.
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I knew she said this because she was afraid that I would embarrass her and ask her to add antidote for Dan, so I quickly said it was just a casual question and told her not to take it to heart.
Ren Yonghai pretended to look around, then suddenly pointed at the lighted warehouse and said, "Why is there a light there? Isn't it a warehouse?"
Deyang Ram didn't even look at it and said with a smile: "We Guotou don't trust the goods, we have to check them before going to bed. If you are not sleepy, just wait for him to come back and have a chat before leaving."
Ren Yonghai and I looked at each other. It seemed that Deyang Ram didn't know Uncle Ciwang's true intention and just thought he was doing a routine inspection for the safety of the goods. I yawned and said I was sleepy, so I followed him.
Ren Yonghai and the others left the campfire and returned to their tents.
"Why don't you take this opportunity to take a look. With Deyang Ram following you, Ciwang Guotou won't dare to embarrass us."
"That's what I say, but he must have discovered that the goods have been tampered with by now. If we go to find him now, we are not asking for trouble!"
"What should we do?"
"Since I can't see it for the time being, forget it." I looked up at the towering mountains that surrounded the small valley where we were. It was like sitting in a well and looking at the sky. I couldn't help but sigh at how insignificant human beings are.
"We will enter the village tomorrow, so you should go to bed early."
"Then what are you doing?"
"I went to Tenzin's place to have a look. My eyelids kept twitching. I felt like something was going to happen. I had to say hello to him before I left."
After saying that, I pulled up my collar and walked out of the tent. The day had already revealed its little head outside, and the sky was gray. I took a deep breath, said hello to Luosang who was keeping watch, and then lowered myself into Tenzin's tent.
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Because it was a hospital room, his tent was higher than the one we lived in. The careful Deyang Ram set up a small stove outside the tent, and the whole tent was warm. Tenzin lay alone on the camping tent made of military coats.
On the bed, his breathing was steady. If it weren't for the sores on his face, there would be no clue that he would have acted like crazy before.
I turned on the oil lamp hanging on the side a little brighter and moved closer to his bed. Under the firelight, Tenzin's rotten and deformed face looked scary.
Originally, I was just worried about the danger of this trip, and I didn't expect that Tenzin would have such an accident, and I couldn't figure it out. However, after what happened, I vaguely felt that there might be something hidden.
According to his buddy, Tenzin did not smuggle the goods out of his original intention. It seemed that he was desperate and took the risk because he encountered some unspeakable secret.
I boldly speculate that Tenzin was threatened. In this case, he
The matter of being poisoned was naturally connected with delivery. I got deeper and deeper into this analysis and couldn't help but be lost in thought. Suddenly, I felt a flash of excitement all over my body, and I felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, I lowered my head and saw that Tenzin had opened his eyes at some point. He was lying there upright, staring at me motionless. His two eyes were covered with a gray-white light for some reason.
"Oh my God!" Something happened so suddenly that I almost fell to the ground.
Tenzin didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, so he sat up straight without saying a word.
"Tenzin, are you hungry and want to eat?" I asked sitting on the ground.
Unexpectedly, when Tenzin heard what I said, his reaction was extremely violent. He pulled open the quilt like crazy, raised his hands above his head, and screamed: "I won't eat, I won't eat, let me go!"
As he said that, he pushed me away and rushed out of the tent without even putting on his shoes. I immediately chased him out and yelled: "Come here, Tenzin is gone! Wake up!"
My roar was like thunder, exploding in the camp before dawn.
Many people ran out without putting on their clothes.
Uncle Tsewang was originally sleeping by the campfire with his clothes on. When he heard that something had happened, he immediately jumped up and sat up as if he had been stung by a snake or scorpion.
When I saw Tenzin running towards the depths of the woods, I didn't have time to say hello, so I picked up a horse breeder's shotgun and ran into the woods.
Uncle Tsewang shouted behind me to stop, and I drove straight in after Tenzin without looking back. Soon the scenery around me was no longer recognizable, and there were tall branches and leaves everywhere that were airtight.
The Hengduan Mountains have a complex biological cycle system that is not inferior to that of the Amazon jungle, and there are countless magnificent and mysterious natural scenery.
However, I am not in the mood to care about this at the moment. Although it is dawn and the sky is bright outside, it is still dark in the forest. If there is no lighting, I can't see my feet clearly. It is like walking in place.
And I only had a gun in my hand, so I had to use a lighter to illuminate it from time to time and check the footprints on the ground.
With a "click" sound, I lit the lighter, then squatted down and checked the footprints on the ground. Sure enough, I saw a new set of footprints. The footprints were deeper in front and shallower in the back. They staggered around. At first glance, they were left by Tenzin who was crazy.
came down.
I followed the footprints all the way forward, but within a few minutes the clues were broken. I raised the lighter and checked on the ground, but the footprints were broken up to this point. I was afraid that Tenzin had to change paths temporarily, so I searched in several directions around for a while.
No trace of him was found. At this time, Uncle Ciwang's voice came from behind me. I saw the light of fire and hurriedly waved to him.
"You young man, you really don't want your life. You broke in alone." He was only wearing a sleeveless vest at the moment, with most of his chest exposed. He had a dagger in his waist, a flashlight in one hand, and a knife in the other.
scarf.
"Uncle Ciwang, why are you dressed like this?" I looked at the scarf on his head, feeling a little strange.
"Oh, you young man, you are just talking nonsense! This tie-dyed headscarf is a common item in Heiyun Village. I was afraid that it would be difficult to explain when I encountered the militiamen who were keeping watch at night, so I borrowed it from Qiangba. If I encountered any interrogation, I would return it.
It can be said that they are residents of the nearby village. Occasionally, people from the nearby village venture here to collect some medicinal materials."
"Uncle Ciwang, you are so calm." I didn't have time to admire Ciwang. I pointed to the footprints on the ground and said, "The person is gone. Look, the good footprints were broken as soon as they arrived here, like...
...It’s like disappearing into thin air.”
Uncle Ciwang knelt down, picked up a handful of soil with his hands, put it under his nose and smelled it, then said: "People will not disappear out of thin air. Have you forgotten what happened on the mountain?"
After being reminded by him, I suddenly understood. I immediately raised my head and looked into the sky, and a bunch of black things suddenly hit my eyes.
Chapter completed!