Chapter 19 1
While Mu Linfeng was searching for the tomb of King Heng, the research team led by Professor Dongfang was also busy organizing an expedition team to search for the ancient tomb in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Ling Xiao and Xiao Cao were both indispensable members of the expedition team. After returning to Qingdao, they began to prepare for the operation. Because they had reported Mu Linfeng's situation to Professor Dongfang over the phone, they did not mention it again after returning. Xiao Cao's name was Cao Yanbin, a top student majoring in criminal investigation at the Public Security University. Two years after graduation, he was spotted by Li Jianping, who transferred him to the Security Bureau as his assistant.
Xiao Cao was the first choice to form the expedition team this time, because what the expedition team is looking for involves the origin of Chinese civilization. This is an extremely important archaeological project, so security work is very important, not to mention that there are organizations abroad who are closely watching this project and are ready to take action.
During these two days, Xiao Cao was preparing for the expedition, and Li Jianping did not ask him much about the situation. After two or three days, Li Jianping suddenly realized that Mu Linfeng had not come to report, so he called Xiao Cao to his office to ask about it.
When Xiao Cao said that Mu Linfeng had important matters to attend to and would not be able to come to Qingdao until a week later, and Xiao Cao also mentioned that he saw a girl who had returned from abroad at Mu Linfeng's house, Li Jianping instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "Didn't Mu Linfeng say what it was?"
Xiao Cao shook his head: "He didn't say anything. From his expression at the time, it seemed that he didn't want to talk about it. We didn't ask any more questions, but we felt that there was something wrong with that girl at the time."
"Didn't you remind Mu Linfeng?" Li Jianping asked somewhat unhappily.
"I asked Mu Linfeng, and he seemed to be avoiding something..."
Li Jianping pondered for a moment and decided to call Mu Linfeng. He dialed Mu Linfeng's cell phone, but the call came back with a prompt that the phone was out of service area and could not be connected temporarily.
"Strange, how come his phone is out of service area?"
Xiao Cao also felt that something was wrong and immediately suggested: "Should we ask people from the Qingzhou Municipal Bureau to go to Mujiaying to find out the situation?"
Li Jianping did not say anything, and immediately called Director Wang of the Qingzhou Municipal Bureau, briefly explained the situation, and asked him to arrange someone to go to Mu Linfeng's home to find out the situation.
Two hours later, Li Jianping received a call from Director Wang, saying that Mu Linfeng had gone to look for the Hengwang Mausoleum with a man and a woman two days ago, and there had been no news since then. Now people have been arranged to look for them.
Li Jianping immediately said to Director Wang: "Director Wang, while looking for Mu Linfeng, please arrange another group of people to investigate the details of the two people who went with Mu Linfeng to find the Hengwang Mausoleum."
"Okay, no problem, I'll arrange it right away and contact you when I have news."
After Li Jianping put down the phone, he felt the problem was getting more and more serious, so he said to Xiao Cao: "Go to Qingzhou right away. I feel like Mu Linfeng is in danger."
Upon hearing what the director said, Xiao Cao also realized the seriousness of the situation, and without saying a word, he hurriedly drove to leave.
In less than two hours, Xiao Cao and Li Jianping drove a Land Cruiser to Qingzhou. They first went to the Municipal Bureau to learn about the details, and then drove to Mujiaying.
The police officers who went to Mujiaying learned the situation from Zhang Xiaosan, so after Li Jianping and Xiao Cao arrived in Mujiaying, they went directly to the Mu family's old house to find Zhang Xiaosan.
Zhang Xiaosan was tidying up the courtyard in the old house. Today, people came to ask about Mu Linfeng one after another. Zhang Xiaosan couldn't help but mutter in his heart, could something have happened to Brother Mu?
Zhang Xiaosan had met Xiao Cao twice. When he saw Li Jianping and Xiao Cao coming towards him, he asked without waiting for them to speak: "Are you here to look for my eldest brother? He's not here. He's been out for two or three days."
Xiao Cao smiled and asked, "When did he leave?"
"You left the day after you came to see him."
Li Jianping approached Zhang Xiaosan and asked him kindly, "Your name is Zhang Xiaosan, right?"
Xiao San nodded and asked curiously: "You are..."
"Oh, I'm Lin Feng's friend, Li Jianping. I couldn't get through to his cell phone, so I came to ask you, do you know where Lin Feng went to look for the Heng King's Tomb?"
Zhang Xiaosan nodded again, but he did not say where Mu Linfeng had gone. Instead, he anxiously asked Li Jianping: "Did something happen to my eldest brother?"
Li Jianping waved his hand gently and said, "Haha, don't worry, because there is something very important that I need to discuss with Lin Feng..."
Before he could finish his words, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Li Jianping took out his phone, saw that it was the number of Director Wang of the Municipal Bureau, and quickly answered the call.
"Director Li, we have found the Passat that Mu Linfeng and his friends were riding in at Jiushan Village at the foot of Dafo Mountain. According to the villagers, they arrived here three days ago and rested at the village's primary school that night. According to the information provided by the primary school teacher, the three of them had left when he returned to school the next morning, and no one has seen them since."
"That means they have been missing for more than three days."
"Two elderly villagers reported that three people had asked them if there were any caves on the mountain. The villagers said that the caves on the mountain were very deep and dangerous, and it was easy to get lost once you entered. I plan to increase the number of police officers to enter the caves to search..."
"Okay, thank you Director Wang for your strong support. I will rush over to assist you right away."
"We are one family, so we should keep our differences. I will wait for Director Li to come over."
After seeing Li Jianping finish the call, Zhang Xiaosan asked anxiously, "Is my eldest brother missing?"
Li Jianping comforted Xiao San and said, "Don't worry, we have only lost contact now. Can you tell me about the situation of the two people who followed Lin Feng to find the Hengwang Mausoleum?"
Zhang Xiaosan briefly explained the situation of Gao Hongjin and Wen Yinqiu. Hearing that Wen Yinqiu had come back from abroad specifically to look for Heng Wangqin, Li Jianping and Xiao Cao exchanged glances. They both realized that there was something wrong with Wen Yinqiu. Considering the recent disappearance of Ma Ermu, who had sneaked into Qingzhou from abroad, Mu Linfeng might be in danger.
Li Jianping couldn't say much in front of Zhang Xiaosan, so he waved to Xiao Cao, signaling him to leave immediately. Zhang Xiaosan saw that the two were about to leave, and hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment, are you going to look for my eldest brother?"
Li Jianping nodded and said softly, "There has been no news about Lin Feng for two days. We must find him as soon as possible."
"Can you take me with you?"
Li Jianping noticed that Zhang Xiaosan had difficulty walking. To find missing persons, one needs to climb mountains and cross ridges. It is difficult for normal people, let alone someone with poor walking. So he said to him, "Just wait for news at home. We will mobilize professional search and rescue personnel to find them..."
Zhang Xiaosan looked at Li Jianping expectantly and said, "I can find where Big Brother and the others are!"
"So you know where Lin Feng went?" Xiao Cao asked in surprise.
Zhang Xiaosan said in a positive tone: "I don't know where my brother has gone, but I will definitely find him."
"Oh, can you tell me how to find Lin Feng and the others?" Li Jianping asked with great interest.
Zhang Xiaosan did not answer Li Jianping, but turned back and shouted twice towards the rockery, "Ah Huang, Ah Huang, come here quickly."
Li Jianping and Xiao Cao both thought Xiao San was calling a dog, but they didn't expect that what came running over was actually a weasel.
The weasel ran to Xiaosan, raised its two front paws, shook its beautiful big tail, and squeaked a few times, as if asking Zhang Xiaosan what was the matter.
Zhang Xiaosan squatted down and said to the weasel very seriously: "Brother is missing now. I need your help to find him. Do you understand?"
The weasel suddenly jumped into Zhang Xiaosan's arms and squeaked twice, as if to show that it understood what he meant. Li Jianping and Xiao Cao looked at Xiaosan talking to the weasel with curious eyes. Xiao Cao asked in surprise: "Are you saying that this weasel can find the missing Mu Linfeng?"
Zhang Xiaosan nodded: "Ah Huang will definitely be able to help us find our big brother."
Li Jianping looked at Zhang Xiaosan with trust and patted him on the shoulder gently: "Okay, come with us right away."
The three of them hurriedly walked towards the gate together...
Mu Linfeng and Gao Hongjin quickly found a tunnel leading to the outside in a corner of the cave, but finding the tunnel brought them greater despair.
There were seven or eight mummies at the entrance of the tunnel, lying in all directions in terrifying postures. Some had their heads broken open, and some had their abdomens cut open. From their clothes, it could be seen that they were all Japanese soldiers. It was obvious that these people were in desperation and either let their companions shoot them to death or were killed by being cut open.
Four or five meters inside the tunnel entrance, there is a broken stone door. The bluestone door, which is more than 20 centimeters thick, was half blown up. Traces of the explosion can still be seen on the broken stone door. Just behind the stone door, the entire tunnel is filled with large and small stones, as if a rock collapse had blocked the tunnel.
It can be seen that the rubble of the landslide was dug out to a depth of three or four meters. There were two corpses lying on the rocks in the tunnel. It was obvious that the two Japanese soldiers died there from exhaustion.
Mu Linfeng looked at the bodies of these little devils and said, "No wonder I only saw three devils' bodies just now. It turns out they are all here..."
Gao Hongjin sat down on the ground and said weakly, "It seems that the two of us will end up like these little Japanese devils..." After that, Gao Hongjin was silent for a few seconds, then jumped up like crazy, shouting and cursing, "It's all that little bitch's fault. Damn it, if I can get out, I will kill her and her eight generations of ancestors together..."
Mu Linfeng tried his best to remain calm. He said to Gao Hongjin, "Be quiet. What we need to do most now is to conserve our energy and wait for rescue."
"Rescue! Who knows we are trapped here?" Gao Hongjin waved his arms and screamed hysterically.
"Xiao San, Xiao San knows that we came to Dafoshan to look for the tomb of King Heng. If we don't go back after a few days, he will definitely come to find us." Mu Linfeng said calmly.
Mu Linfeng's calm expression and his words calmed Gao Hongjin down a lot. Gao Hongjin thought about it and said worriedly: "Even if the little cripple comes, he won't be able to find this place."
"Don't worry, as long as Xiao San comes, he will definitely find the airway opening." Mu Linfeng said confidently.
Gao Hongjin shook his head and said, "You must be trying to comfort me. How could he possibly find the airway at the top of the mountain?"
"Although Xiao San can't find the airway, Ah Huang can. As long as Xiao San brings Ah Huang here, he will definitely be able to find us."
"You mean the weasel!"
"Yes, Ah Huang originally lived in my great-grandfather's tomb. It is very familiar with the smell of the tomb, so it must be able to find this place."
Gao Hongjin now believed it a little. He had witnessed the magic of the weasel at the funeral of Boss Tan’s father. “I hope the little cripple knew to bring the weasel with him…”
"What we need to do now is to conserve our energy and wait for rescue. When I first joined the special forces training, our instructor said that the more desperate the situation, the calmer we need to be. Any wrong choice at this time can cost us our lives. Our biggest problem right now is that we have no water, so from now on we should move as little as possible and talk as little as possible. The longer we hold on, the greater our hope of being rescued."
After saying that, Mu Linfeng sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly waiting for rescue...
Time passed by minute by minute, and the lighting lamp used up the last bit of power and went completely out of power. Fortunately, there was still faint light from the night pearl on the top of the cave and the eternal lamp in front of the hall.
The two came to the steps in front of the main hall. Sitting here, they could see the airway opening at the top of the cave. As long as there was any movement above, they could hear it here.
I don’t know how much time has passed. At the beginning, Gao Hongjin took out his mobile phone to check the time, but later he simply stopped looking at it because knowing the time would only increase his psychological pressure.
The most unbearable thing now is thirst. It seems that smoke is coming out of their throats. In fact, they have not had any water for more than 30 hours.
The biggest challenge for them at the moment is water. Mu Linfeng guessed that it would take at least five days for Zhang Xiaosan to come looking for them. It would take about a week for him to find this place. Without water, the two of them would not be able to hold on for that long. It seemed that they had to find water if they wanted to get out alive.
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng whispered in a hoarse voice: "Lao Gao, you stay here and watch. I'll go to the cave below the shaft to see if I can find any water."
Gao Hongjin had been lying on the stone steps, using the cool stones to make himself feel better. When he heard that Mu Linfeng was going to find water, he slowly raised his head and whispered, "The lights are out of power, and it's pitch black down there. You can't see anything. How are you going to find water?"
"Don't worry about it, I have a way." Mu Linfeng took the two kettles in his hands, then stood up and walked towards the passage behind the hall.
Gao Hongjin suddenly felt a little scared when he was alone in the gloomy cave. He hurriedly said to Mu Linfeng's back: "Wait, I'll go with you."
Mu Linfeng stopped, turned around and looked at Gao Hongjin who was walking towards him hurriedly, and said to him: "You should stay here, just in case someone comes down, so you can know."
Gao Hongjin said in fear: "No, it's so dark and scary here. If I stay here alone without waiting for anyone to come down from above, I'll be scared to death."
Hearing Gao Hongjin say this, Mu Linfeng didn't want to leave him here alone any longer, so he handed the kettle to Gao Hongjin and said to him, "Wait a moment."
Then Mu Linfeng went back, grabbed the two backpacks on the steps, walked to the bottom of the airway, and put the backpacks on the ground. If someone came down from above, they would see them at the first time and naturally know they were here. Mu Linfeng was about to turn around and leave, but he seemed to remember something. He opened the two travel backpacks, took out two walkie-talkies from each , put one on the backpack, and carried the other with him. Then he wrote a note and put it under the walkie-talkie, and then turned around and left.
Gao Hongjin saw Mu Linfeng coming back, so he asked him, "What have you been busy with for most of the day?"
