Lu Lingxiao nodded. "I learned from two of them that the expert in their village is called Mr. M, but I don't know his exact name!"
Feng Zhiyi glanced at him and asked again, "What do you think? I think the M represents a person's surname, and it's very unlikely to be a letter code."
"Just like you, when I heard them address each other as Mr. M, my first thought was that it was an abbreviation of a person's surname!"
Lu Lingxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze deep and thoughtful. After a moment, he slowly spoke again.
"Honey, I have a bad feeling. I think this person might be someone I know!"
It's even very familiar!
Feng Zhiyi squeezed his fingers and said softly, "Alright, let's not think about these things for now. Anyway, we're already here. No matter who this Mr. M is, I believe we'll meet tomorrow."
"Let's go back. Otherwise, Qin An and the others will definitely come looking for us if they see that we haven't returned for so long."
Lu Lingxiao responded softly, and then he and Feng Zhiyi returned to the team's temporary resting place.
"Commander, sister-in-law, you're back!"
Seeing that Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi were safe and sound, Qin An's heart immediately settled down. He was really scared to death. Just now, seeing that the brigade commander and his sister-in-law had been gone for so long and hadn't returned, his heart had involuntarily started beating several times faster.
Lu Lingxiao threw Feng Azhuang to the ground and ordered, "Tie him up!"
"yes!"
Qin An immediately nodded. As he tied the man up with rope, he asked, "Brigadier, is he the one who was hiding in the shadows and shooting arrows at us?"
Lu Lingxiao said in a deep voice, "He is only one of them. The remaining seventeen have already been dealt with by your sister-in-law and me."
"Let's go. I found a cave ahead. We'll make do there for the night and continue our journey after dawn."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately put on their backpacks and followed Lu Lingxiao toward the cave not far away.
You know what, that cave is actually quite big. The space inside is very spacious; even with 40 people inside, it's still very roomy.
After putting her backpack away, Feng Zhiyi took out a bag of food and handed it to Qin An and Qin Xiaowu. "Qin An, Xiaowu, there's some food in this bag. Take it and share it with everyone."
"Okay!"
Qin Xiaowu and Qin An responded at the same time.
Upon hearing that there was food, everyone's faces instantly lit up with happy smiles. They had been on a plane for several hours today, eating dry rations along the way. After arriving at the southern border of Xinjiang, they were busy traveling and hadn't had time to eat anything.
So their stomachs were already rumbling with hunger!
While everyone was eating, Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi shared the information they had learned from each other, and then set up the plan. It was almost 11 p.m.
After arranging the team members to take turns on night watch.
Everyone then leaned against the wall and fell asleep.
When you're traveling, it's not like being at home, where you're lucky to have a place to sleep. Who would be picky about anything else?
Before long, the sound of snoring could be heard from inside the cave.
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The next day, when Feng Zhiyi woke up, she found that Lu Lingxiao had woken up even earlier than her.
I glanced at the time; it was only four in the morning.
Feng Zhiyi pursed her lips slightly and walked directly towards Lu Lingxiao.
"woke up?"
Hearing footsteps, Lu Lingxiao subconsciously turned around and pulled her into his arms. "Why don't you sleep a little longer? It's very cold outside. The snow and wind feel like ice knives on your face. It's cold and bone-chilling."
Feng Zhiyi looked up and stared at him.
"Have you thought of something?"
Otherwise, he wouldn't have suffered from insomnia.
He must have thought of something, or guessed the identity of Mr. M, which is why he couldn't sleep all night!
Lu Lingxiao's voice was deep and dark, "It's still just a guess, but I hope it's not what I think!"
Just as Feng Zhiyi was about to ask him who he had guessed, she caught a glimpse of Qin An and Xu Feng returning from their patrol. Seeing this, Feng Zhiyi had no choice but to swallow her words and step back from Lu Lingxiao's embrace.
"sister in law."
Xu Feng and Qin An called out to Feng Zhiyi.
Feng Zhiyi nodded, then walked to her backpack and took out a bottle of antifreeze cream for them. "Hurry up and put some antifreeze cream on. It's easy to get frostbite in this weather. This antifreeze cream works very well. Put it on your face and hands."
Qin An and Xu Feng did not refuse. After saying "Thank you, sister-in-law," they picked up the antifreeze cream and applied it to their faces and hands.
This antifreeze cream has a very faint smell, almost undetectable.
Qin An quickly wiped his face, tightened the bottle cap and returned it to Feng Zhiyi, while reporting the situation to Lu Lingxiao, "Brigade Commander, Deputy Regiment Commander Xu and I just went out to scout the terrain and found that we can get out of the valley in about half an hour."
After leaving this valley, and walking along a small path for a while, you'll reach the main camp of Nanjiang Village.
After hearing this, Lu Lingxiao nodded slightly and then said, "Go and rest for a bit first. We'll leave promptly at 5:30!"
Qin An and Xu Feng responded and then walked to an open space to the side to close their eyes and rest.
At 5:30 a.m. sharp, the team set off.
After leaving the valley, we walked for more than an hour along a winding and extremely difficult path, during which we also encountered two ambushes.
Finally, in a mountain valley, we saw rows of wooden stilted houses. The land inside was terraced and planted with crops, but because of the heavy snow, it was all white as far as the eye could see.
Lu Lingxiao quickly raised his hand and made a gesture, signaling everyone to hide.
He then took out his binoculars and surveyed the village. There were six guards at the entrance, armed with bows and arrows. Inside the village, there were guards every five steps and sentries every ten steps, as well as a patrol team.
Clearly, they knew the military would send reinforcements to rescue their teammates, and they were prepared in advance.
Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi quickly surveyed the situation in the village, sketching it down with a pen and circling the key areas in red. Meanwhile, in the Southern Frontier Village...
The stilted house in the very center of the village.
"A friend from afar has arrived. Shouldn't you go out and greet him, sir?" the clan chief asked the person sitting in the chair opposite him.
"It's time to go out and see some old friends!"
The young man spoke in a low voice, a fleeting look of pain flashing across his slightly closed eyes, followed by endless hatred and resentment.
"Let's go out and see, they should be here by now!"
After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of the house.
Clan Chief Feng followed closely behind.
Perhaps he didn't want to pretend anymore, so the young man didn't wear a human skin mask and appeared in the village with his real face.
Just then, Qin An and his group were using binoculars to survey the terrain of the village when Qin Xiaowu spotted a tall, upright figure dressed in black clothes and trousers who looked somewhat familiar.
Qin Xiaowu quickly zoomed in, just as he was about to get a closer look, when the figure suddenly turned around.
"Commander Meng?"
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