Chapter 182 The treasure clues delivered to your door
Hearing Zhang Ming's furious questioning, everyone at the scene widened their eyes, as if they were looking at an alien.
The audience was even more amused.
[Laughing Mouse, with your level of skill, you're still a spy. You're just trying to get yourself killed by Sister Xi.]
[Nine-year compulsory education slips through the net! ]
[This guy looks just like Cheng George. He didn't grow up in China. Which Chinese kid doesn't know where Sun Wukong's golden cudgel is hidden?]
Originally, Zhang Ming thought his counter-question made sense, but the whole place fell silent, and everyone looked at him with scrutiny, which made him feel a little guilty.
He asked nervously, "Did I say something wrong?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
Jiang Nanxi continued, "You said you're a geologist, so you should be highly educated, right? How come you don't even know the important setting of one of China's four great classics?"
Zhang Ming was sweating profusely. "I... I grew up and went to school abroad. I only returned to China to work after graduation. I don't have a special understanding of Chinese culture."
Seeing his guilty look, Ye Shutong knew that something was wrong with him. He raised his hand and said, "Catch him and check everything on him."
"yes."
Four or five members of the Psychic Bureau surrounded Zhang Ming and wanted to search him.
"Don't touch my things!"
Zhang Ming, however, held onto his backpack tightly, his expression growing increasingly guilty. "This bag contains my research materials, which haven't been released to the public yet. No one else can see them!"
Ye Shutong said coldly, "We are from the Psychic Bureau. The situation in Ailao Mountain is unusual recently. You are acting suspiciously, so we have the right to inspect your belongings. If you refuse, we will have no choice but to deport you immediately!"
Zhang Ming said, "I'm an overseas Chinese who just returned to China to work. I don't know much about Chinese culture. How can you treat me like this? This is really unfair!"
Jiang Nanxi was surprised and said, "You got lost in Ailao Mountain and asked us for help because we wanted you to take you out. Now there are more reliable people to take you out, why are you not happy?"
"I……"
Zhang Ming's expression paused.
What he said to Jiang Nanxi and the others at the beginning was naturally fabricated by him. He just wanted to infiltrate their team and complete the task assigned by Mr. Cheng.
Zhang Ming thought for a moment and said, "I haven't found my companions yet. They must have lost their way in the mountains. I hope to find them and leave together."
Ye Shutong said, "You can give us your companion's information, then leave first. We will contact you when we find the person."
Zhang Ming didn't speak for a long time.
Ye Shutong's expression grew even colder. "Why, you don't even have any information about your companions? It seems like not much of what you said is true."
Zhang Ming was sent here on short notice, and the excuse he made for getting lost with his companions was also something he made up. Where did he get the information from?
He saw that the people around him would not let him go and obviously did not want him to follow Jiang Nanxi, and his face turned ugly.
Zhang Ming stared at Jiang Nanxi for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll follow you out."
Forget it, the most important thing has been done, just leave!
As long as these people die in the Tusi Mansion, Mr. Cheng can still get what he needs!
Upon hearing this, Ye Shutong said to the people around Zhang Ming, "Keep an eye on him. When the helicopter arrives, take him out with you and find out everything clearly."
What this means is that if things are not clarified, Zhang Ming cannot be allowed to leave easily.
After the others agreed, Jiang Nanxi went over to ask if there was a reward for reporting spies.
Ye Shutong said that she would only receive the bonus if she had definitive evidence proving that Zhang Ming was a spy for another country. The result would only be known after she got out and thoroughly investigated.
After Jiang Nanxi finished chatting with Ye Shutong, she and her teammates left the Saba tribe and continued on their journey.
But when she left the Saba village, she felt that someone was looking at her with hostility.
Jiang Nanxi turned around and saw Zhang Ming being guarded.
Zhang Ming felt that she turned her head, so he looked away and stopped staring at her.
"What on earth does this kid want to do?"
Jiang Nanxi muttered something and continued walking.
Fortunately, the distance they had just traveled was not very far, and it didn't take much time to go back and forth.
Jiang Nanxi checked the location of the Tusi Mansion in Ailao Mountain on the satellite map and took everyone to the Tusi Mansion first.
On the way there, everyone found that the shapes of the surrounding plants were becoming more and more weird and strange.
Most of the trees grow crookedly, and the dense branches and leaves block most of the sunlight, resulting in the light in the mountains being still very dim in the afternoon, and you need to use a flashlight to see the nearby situation clearly.
The trunks and branches of the trees were covered with thick moss. The mountain road was extremely wet and muddy, making it difficult to walk. There was also a thin mist in the forest.
Lu Jiaqi pulled his shoes out of the wet mud and couldn't help but complain, "It's not raining yet, why is the ground so wet and foggy?"
Liu Qingyan's voice came, "The climate of Ailao Mountain is a transition zone between the southern and northern subtropical regions. We are now on the windward slope of Ailao Mountain. The air humidity in this direction is high, and the clouds and fog will increase with increasing altitude, causing visibility in the forest to become increasingly low. Everyone, please be careful."
As he finished speaking, he saw dewdrops hanging on the branches and leaves of some trees, with small drops of water dripping from time to time.
He reached out and pulled the hood of Jiang Nanxi's windbreaker and helped her put it on.
With a click.
As soon as Jiang Nanxi put on her hat, she felt a copper piece the size of a fingernail fall out of the hat.
The thing fell on her neck and she quickly reached out to grab it to prevent it from falling into her clothes.
"What is this? Did you put it there?"
Jiang Nanxi turned and looked at Liu Qingyan.
“…”
Liu Qingyan was speechless for a moment, "I just wanted to help you pull up your hat, why would I put this thing there?"
Jiang Nanxi retracted his gaze and stared at the fingernail-sized copper piece in his hand. "What is this? Why is it in my hat?"
"Let me see."
Liu Qingyan took it and took a look. He saw that the old copper piece was covered with verdigris and there was a drop of blood on it. It looked like a part that had fallen off from some antique.
"This thing is a bit evil."
Liu Qingyan said, "This thing looks quite old, like it came out of the earth, but the blood on it is very fresh. It must have been dripped on it recently and dried up."
Jiang Nanxi narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, "Could it be that Zhang Ming took the opportunity to put it in my clothes and hat? I just had contact with him."
When she first met Zhang Ming, she wanted to talk to him and even put her arm around his shoulder for a while.
"It's possible."
Liu Qingyan said, "This thing is not a good thing, it's better to just throw it away."
He was about to throw away the copper piece the size of a fingernail when Sang Yu, who was walking at the end of the team, suddenly let out a strange cry.
Sang Yu's figure flashed.
He suddenly came up to them from the back of the team, his eyes fixed on the copper piece.
"Treasure...treasure..."
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