Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

"Flower?" Everyone was silent, Long Chuxia lifted up the chain: "How is the investigation going?" "I checked a lot of information, but I couldn't find this thing. Maybe it's just an ordinary accessory." "No, there must be some reason why Chen Dongmei held it in her hand when she died." Long Chuxia said, "By the way, how is Chen Chunhua?" "Severely mentally ill, I can't speak, and I don't know anyone." Sima Fanti frowned.Bai Xiaozhou interjected: "Being sealed in a sore, it's no wonder he's not crazy."

"I will continue to follow up on this matter, but I'm afraid it can only become an unsolved case." Long Chuxia looked down at the pendant lying quietly in her palm. She had a strange premonition that behind this pendant was hidden a huge secret and a terrifying person. When Bai Xiaozhou woke up, the setting sun was shining on her window, turning her blue-green curtains into a strange golden color. She had just dreamed of grandpa. She hadn't dreamed of grandpa for a long time. In her memory, grandpa had always been gentle and kind, with a disillusioned smile on his lips, as if there was nothing in the world that he couldn't solve. thing.

But in today's dream, she saw a sad and sad grandfather. In the dream, she seemed to be lying in a big vat. Grandpa sighed while sprinkled herbs on her body. There seemed to be another person in the room. He was hidden in the shadows and could not see his face clearly, but she could feel the great sadness emanating from him. dad.She said softly in her heart, Dad, is that you? "Master, can Xiao Zhou really come back to life?" Grandpa was silent. "I beg you, master, you must save Xiaozhou. I have already lost Yin'er, and I can't lose her again." Bai Xiaozhou opened the curtains and looked at the scenery outside the window. A camphor tree was planted outside. The fragrance was floating and the branches were swaying, cutting the rays of the setting sun into pieces.

sound.She recited the name silently in her heart, her mother was called Wei Yinjun.Did dad mean mom?What did he mean when he said he had lost his mother? She suddenly felt very scared, and hugged her shoulders, the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense. There was a knock on the door in the living room, she opened it and saw a young girl.The girl was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and a sun hat, with a pleasant smile: "Excuse me, are you Bai Xiaozhou?" Bai Xiaozhou looked her up and down: "Who are you?" "My name is Wei Yanfei." The girl said, "Is Mr. Wei Tianleiwei your grandfather?"

Bai Xiaozhou was extremely surprised: "You know my grandfather?" "My grandfather knew him." Wei Yanfei said, "My grandfather once met Mr. Wei on the battlefield, and Mr. Wei saved his life." Bai Xiaozhou welcomed her into the house, she took out a package from her backpack, and unwrapped the red silk wrapper, revealing the mahogany box inside, with a branch of red plum carved on the box, and a thrush standing on the top of the plum, she answered the sentence " Joyful 'Jing'er.Wei Yanfei carefully opened the lid, and inside was a cylindrical object covered with copper rust, as if it was a part of something.

"What is this?" Bai Xiaozhou asked. "This is my grandfather's treasure. My grandfather passed away last year. He told me to find Mr. Wei's descendants and return this to him." Bai Xiaozhou wondered: "Why did you give it back to us? Could it be my grandfather's?" "Grandpa and Mr. Wei found this on the battlefield together. It is a part of an ancient firearm - the mother and child gun." When Bai Xiaozhou was a child, she read an ancient book called "Wu Bei Zhi" in her grandfather's house, which recorded all kinds of firearms in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, she was very surprised. So many hot weapons.Zimu Gun, also known as Zimu Hundred Bullet Gun, is a 10-barreled gun created in the late Ming Dynasty.The gun body is made of 10 parallel hoops. 1 tube is in the center, 1.5 feet long, 9 tubes are around its circumference, each 5 inches long.The single tube is made of refined iron, and the 10 tubes share a wooden handle. The tube is filled with gunpowder and several small lead pellets, and the live wires come out, and the live wires of each tube are connected together.In combat, it is fired by strong and strong soldiers, and it can shoot hundreds of bullets at a time, which has greater lethality.

Bai Xiaozhou didn't expect that one day he would be able to hold the parts of this ancient firearm in his hand, so he looked at it repeatedly: "What happened back then?" "Have you heard of Yin soldiers?" Wei Yanfei said seriously. "I've read it in novels, and it seems that there is a saying that Yin soldiers make excuses." "The battlefield is a very hostile place. There are usually strange things in the location of the ancient battlefield. During the First World War, the British army was stationed in a certain ancient battlefield. The soldiers standing guard in the middle of the night saw a medieval knight holding a spear. Riding a horse and running quickly through the camp. There are also many records in ancient books about walking in the middle of the night, seeing two armies fighting near the ancient battlefield, or the army marching in order. My grandfather encountered such a strange thing on the frontier battlefield."

Wei Yanfei's grandfather was named Wei Fengyu. At that time, he was still a young man in his twenties, and he was sent to the border as soon as he joined the army.He remembered that it was Liqiu that day, the weather was getting colder, and his company was sent to perform a mission somewhere.In the dead of night, their team was walking on the mountain road, surrounded by the rustling of leaves. This was his first mission, so of course he was a little scared, looking around from time to time, he always felt that something would come out of those steep trees. There was a commotion in the team suddenly, and news came from the front that someone had been caught.After a while, the company commander called him over, and he saw a middle-aged man, about thirty or forty years old, wearing civilian clothes.With a handsome face and lightning eyes, Wei Fengyu felt that this person was definitely not simple at first impression.

The company commander said that this person claimed to be here to study ancient cultural relics, and he had a certificate from a certain university on him. He was a professor named Wei Tianlei.The company commander couldn't tell whether he was a real civilian or an enemy spy for a while, so he couldn't let him go casually, so he decided to take him with him, and if he was ordered to go back, he would find out his identity. Wei Fengyu was called to guard him. Boss Wei Fengyu was not happy. He never liked these intellectuals. He felt that the professors and teachers were all proud and had no good looks towards this person.Wei Tianlei didn't seem to care, and kept talking to himself.

"I'm afraid it's not good to march at such a late hour." Wei Fengyu glanced at him: "Urgent mission, day and night." "Even if it's urgent, you should rest once you get to the third watch, and then leave after the third watch." Wei Tianlei said, "Otherwise, if you rush into the Yin Sha, there will be hundreds of harms and no benefits." "What evil and evil!" Wei Fengyu said angrily, "If you talk about these feudal superstitions again, be careful, I'm not welcome!" Wei Tianlei sneered and said nothing. After walking for an unknown amount of time, a soldier beside Wei Fengyu suddenly lay down on the ground and listened for a while, then reported nervously to the company commander: "There is the sound of horseshoes coming from the front."

This soldier used to be a hunter in Changbai Mountain. Hearing the footsteps of beasts is the most effective. The company commander naturally couldn't believe it: "Could it be the enemy army? Everyone, get ready to fight!" He arranged for the soldiers to hide in the bushes beside the road. Wei Fengyu heard Wei Tianlei say, "Sure enough, I bumped into Yin Sha, and now I'm in trouble." Everyone held their breath, waiting for the arrival of this mysterious army.The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and a strange atmosphere quietly permeated the army.Someone whispered: "It's really evil, the voice is so close, why didn't I see anyone?" Wei Fengyu wanted to say something, but Wei Tianlei held him down: "Don't talk." The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and everyone could feel that a team had come to the mountain road in front of them, but they couldn't see anything. The trampling horseshoes mixed with the rustling leaves around, like a horror movie. "Damn it!" Wei Fengyu cursed in a low voice, Wei Tianlei suddenly covered his mouth.He heard a horse stepping out of the invisible team, slowly coming to the grass where he was lurking, he even heard the snorting of the horse. The temperature seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, and a chill lingered around his neck. For the first time, Wei Fengyu, a fearless young man, felt the fear that penetrated to the marrow of his bones. "Marching in the middle of the night, this is an order from above." Wei Tianlei whispered, "Don't be surprised if you see it." The sound of horseshoes circled the two of them half a circle, and finally turned away.When the sound of horseshoes disappeared at the end of the mountain road, the entire company broke out in a cold sweat. "Company commander, can't this be a hell?" A soldier asked in a low voice. The company commander's face was a little pale, but he didn't dare to say what the hell it was, it was a political mistake.He was hesitating about how to answer, when he turned around and saw Wei Tianlei standing beside him, he quickly pointed at him: "Professor Wei, since you are a professor, you must know a lot, please tell everyone what is going on .” Wei Fengyu looked at him worriedly. Wei Tianlei had saved his life just now. If this godlike professor really said some taboo words, even if he could go back alive, he might be in trouble. Wei Tianlei smiled indifferently: "This is an ancient battlefield. There have been constant wars since ancient times. There have been hundreds of wars, large and small. The rocks in this area contain a magnetic substance called ferric oxide, which can record Sound. Once various conditions are met, it will be played." What he said was well-founded. Although most of the people present couldn't understand what oxygen and iron were, they were all convinced.The company commander nodded with satisfaction: "Professors are professors, and they know more than us. Don't be afraid, everyone, and arm yourself with Marxist philosophy. There are no ghosts in this world." Wei Tianlei listened silently, smiling without saying a word. As the army set off, Wei Fengyu looked at the man in front of him again, feeling that he was even more unpredictable. After turning over a hill, the surrounding trees became more and more dense, and the pine waves burst out, and the trees shook their shadows.Wei Tianlei suddenly stopped and stopped Wei Fengyu: "No, there is an ambush." Before the words fell, gunshots broke out.After Wei Fengyu was dragged into the nearby rock by Wei Tianlei, he used the rock as a cover.He heard the company commander shouting, the sound of guns above his head was endless, and his comrades fell beside him one by one. He was trembling with fear.Wei Tianlei slapped him on the shoulder suddenly, and said sharply: "Don't be afraid, the more you are afraid of death, the easier it is to die!" Wei Fengyu looked into his eyes, and suddenly felt a rush of blood. He didn't remember what happened next, but he only remembered that it was a fierce battle. Wei Tianlei always followed him like a shadow. Several times he thought he was going to die , it was Wei Tianlei who saved him. This man is like a man with magic, always able to save the day. Wei Fengyu's company suffered heavy losses, and the remnants retreated to the mountains to take advantage of the mountains to hide.The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and Wei Fengyu leaned against a rock, gasping for breath from exhaustion. "Aren't you a history professor?" He asked Wei Tianlei beside him, and Wei Tianlei smiled and said, "Is it important who I am?" "This is a time of war, and of course a person's identity matters." Wei Tianlei looked at the polished sky. The sunrise in North Korea was beautiful. The golden light came out from the distant mountain depressions, coating the undulating mountains with a layer of dazzling brilliance.He said indifferently: "I'm just a traveler, I like to wander around, mind my own business, and listen to stories." "Don't you have any family?" "Alone." "I have a mother who is old and inconvenient." He raised his head, his eyes were a little red, "If I can't go back alive, no one will be able to take care of her." "You should have had a wife before you joined the army." "Who knows if I can go back alive? Marrying a wife will hurt her." Wei Fengyu turned to look at him, "What about you? You never thought about settling down, marrying a wife and having children?" There was some incomprehensible sadness in Wei Tianlei's handsome eyes: "There will never be that day." "Why?" Wei Fengyu thought to himself that he would not have any hidden illness. "The person I most want to marry is already dead." He threw himself at Wei Fengyu, pushed him down, and a shell exploded not far away, blowing away two soldiers. When the pursuers arrived, the company commander was seriously injured, and he still supported and directed everyone to fight back.Wei Fengyu glanced at Wei Tianlei: "You go, you don't have to die with us." "Wait, don't you think it's weird?" "how?" "Tomorrow is already bright, why is the sky getting darker and darker?" Wei Tianlei looked up at the sky, as if with a brush, he wiped the original blue sky black stroke by stroke. "It's going to rain?" Wei Tianlei frowned: "Something is wrong." The enemy's army pushed over, and the gunshots were getting closer and closer. The soldiers had no time to worry about the weather.Wei Fengyu went into battle and went through life and death several times, only to find out that he and Wei Tianlei were separated. Maybe he escaped!He thought in his heart, it would be fine if he escaped, as long as he was alive. There were comrades-in-arms around him who fell down constantly, and those who died were naturally ignored, and those who were still alive were carried into the cave behind for treatment.He didn't bring much medicine with him, and everyone knew that those who were carried in would inevitably die. The enemy's firepower was getting stronger and stronger, and the company commander told everyone to retreat, and he was in the rear.Wei Fengyu and the others retreated for dozens of miles, and they retreated to the edge of the cliff, and there was no way to retreat.The instructor in the company had a gloomy face, holding the gun tightly in his hand, and said to the remaining people: "Comrades, prepare to die for the country!" "Instructor, someone is coming up from behind." The instructor took a telescope and looked at it: "The company commander is following." The grass moved, and a person climbed up, and it turned out to be the company commander.The instructor quickly asked, "Where are the others?" The company commander said to everyone with blood on his face, "They all died. But don't worry, everyone, we have already contacted the headquarters, and reinforcements will come soon." The news boosted morale, and everyone saw the hope of life again.The enemy army surrounded the mountain. Under the leadership of the company commander, the soldiers guarded for a day and a night with the help of geographical advantages, until finally they ran out of bullets and no reinforcements arrived.The morale of the army began to waver again, and there were only twenty or thirty people left on the top of the mountain.The instructor lowered his voice and asked the company commander: "Have you really contacted the headquarters?" The company commander nodded: "Don't worry, I said that the reinforcements will come, and they will definitely come." The night is blurry, and the mountain is very quiet. The enemy army seems to be resting, preparing for the final general attack tomorrow.Wei Fengyu held the gun and leaned against the rock, but couldn't fall asleep.Turning over, there seemed to be something hard on his buttocks. He dug through the soil and found a piece of iron, which seemed to be a part of something.He was a little puzzled, this thing looked new, it was full of rust, it must have been old, how could there be iron in this barren mountain? At this time, he saw a pair of feet, a pair of huge feet, wearing black boots and trouser legs.He raised his head and saw a fierce face and shining armor. armor? "Reinforcements are coming!" Suddenly someone shouted, he turned his face to look, and when he turned back, the strange man had disappeared.Before he had time to think about it, he stuffed the piece of iron into his clothes, and looked down the mountain through the cover. There were loud gunshots at the foot of the mountain, accompanied by curses and screams from the enemy. The screams were a bit weird, as if they saw something terrible.The company commander stood up and shouted: "Comrades, go!" His shout awakened the blood of these exhausted soldiers, and all of them rushed down the mountain like crazy. Sure enough, there was an army at the foot of the mountain fighting fiercely with the enemy. They were dressed in soldiers' clothes, soaked in blood, not wanting to die or fearing death.The enemy army seemed to be very scared, Wei Fengyu and others rushed down from the mountain, crushing the last straw on them.They ran away screaming, shouting something as they ran.Everyone wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but at night, the mountains were dangerous and the terrain was unknown, so they dared not walk around at will, so they had to give up. The instructor wiped off the sweat and blood from his face, walked over to the team and asked, "Thank you very much this time, which company are you from?" The other party didn't answer, just looked at him quietly. "Aren't you Shanzi?" Suddenly someone shouted.The instructor turned around and saw a panicked soldier: "Do you know him?" The soldier opened his eyes wide and said in a trembling tone: "Shanzi, Shanzi belongs to our company. He died when he was at the foot of the mountain yesterday." The instructor was shocked: "Are you sure he's dead?" "He must be dead, I helped him close his eyes." Wei Fengyu said: "I think these people are very familiar, it seems that they are all from our company." The hair on the instructor's whole body stood up, and when he looked at those people again, he felt that their eyes were gloomy. "Instructor, there is something I have never dared to say." A soldier whispered, "When we were retreating from the mountain, I saw the company commander was shot in the chest and carried into the cave. It stands to reason that it is so heavy. The injury makes it impossible to move freely." A dense layer of cold sweat began to emerge on the instructor's forehead: "Where's the company commander?" Everyone looked around, but they couldn't find the company commander.Looking back, the strange army disappeared, leaving only the corpses of the enemy soldiers and the empty, dark and gloomy jungle. The soldiers started to commotion, and the instructor didn't recover for a long time.Wei Fengyu said loudly: "Let's go back to the cave and find the company commander!" A group of people dragged their tired bodies for more than ten miles on the mountain road, and finally returned to the cave. The cave was filled with a strong stench. Everyone looked over one by one, and finally found the company commander in the corner. He lay quietly among the corpses, without making a sound.The instructor touched his neck and sniffed his breath, his face became even more ugly: "The company commander...has been dead for a long time."