The mute man gestured with his hands again, making the shape of a small person climbing a mountain, and then another small person followed behind.
You mean, someone is pursuing you?
The mute man shook his head vigorously.
"So, you went up with someone else?"
This time, the mute man nodded emphatically.
"But why did everyone only see you? There was no one else in the cave at the time."
The mute man hurriedly gestured again.
The first little figure turned around and suddenly disappeared. The second little figure spun around in place and continued walking forward.
"You lost him? He spotted you? You kept walking and he spotted you?"
The mute man nodded again in affirmation.
Luo Yunhang frowned. If the person the mute brother mentioned really existed, then he was the real traitor.
Finding him will prove the mute man's innocence.
"Do you know who this person is?"
The mute man paced around the room again, his hands behind his back, occasionally letting out a fake cough.
This person must have been one of the cave guardians, which gave him the opportunity to commit the crime.
However, Luo Yunhang didn't have much of a memory of the person described by the mute man at the moment.
Most of the villagers took turns guarding the cave, and he didn't know everyone. He only knew the mute man the most, and because of his muteness, he remembered him.
"System task issued: Prove the mute brother's innocence."
Task Reward: Truth Symbol.
Luo Yunhang had no interest in the task because the mute man couldn't write and couldn't understand his descriptions. He was extremely anxious, and the two of them couldn't think of a better solution for the time being.
Luo Yunhang could only leave first and then make plans. Before leaving, he advised, "Man is made of iron, and food is made of steel. You must eat to hold on until the truth comes out. Your mother is still waiting for you. The villagers have already sent her home and settled her in. Don't worry."
I am aware of the situation you described and will report it to Dean Duan for a decision. We will certainly not wrong anyone.
The mute man could only nod and bow deeply to him.
After Luo Yunhang left, he swallowed the bowl of dry, lumpy noodles with the cold water on the table.
When Luo Yunhang returned, Dean Duan and Master Li had already left.
Back at his lodgings, he described his discovery to Xiang Tianhong and asked him to help him figure out who this person might be.
Xiang Tianhong also shook his head. He wasn't familiar with these villagers either, and he spent most of his time in the cave learning how to restore it.
This trip to Dunhuang finally allowed him to break through his own limitations.
The two had no choice but to rest first. They were exhausted after a long day, and they could talk about it tomorrow. There was no need to rush.
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The next morning, Luo Yunhang and Xiang Tianhong only remembered after they stepped out the door that they had promised Village Chief Qin the day before yesterday to take photos of his family that morning.
Luo Yunhang hurriedly went back to get his camera and went to Village Chief Qin's house.
Xiang Tianhong went to the research institute first to tell Dean Duan and the others about Luo Yunhang's discovery yesterday.
The two split up.
Luo Yunhang arrived in the village and asked his way to Village Chief Qin's house.
The village chief's house is on the edge of the village, a detached house with no neighbors, which is quite comfortable, and there's no need to worry about being overheard.
He went over and knocked on the door.
"Knock knock knock"
"Who is it?" It was Village Chief Qin's voice.
"Village Chief Qin, it's me, Luo Yunhang. I promised you the day before yesterday that I'd come and help take a family photo," Luo Yunhang said politely.
The footsteps inside quickly approached.
The door opened.
Village Chief Qin, a pipe dangling from his lips, poked his head out and said, "It's you, Comrade Luo. Come in quickly." He then pushed open the door.
Luo Yunhang walked into the small courtyard, which was quite clean.
"Old Qin, who is it?" a middle-aged woman called out from inside.
“They’re colleagues from the research institute. I asked them to help take photos. Didn’t you say you haven’t seen your son for years and wanted him to see us?”
"Hurry up, get everything ready, call your parents out too, take a picture together, and send it to Xiaoman." Village Chief Qin tucked his pipe into his waistband.
"Comrade Luo, please have a seat. Let us tidy up first."
"It's alright, take your time, no rush," Luo Yunhang said with a smile.
Village Chief Qin smiled and poured him a glass of water, then stroked his half-grown beard: "I'll go change my clothes too. I've lived half my life, and this is only the second time I've had my picture taken."
After saying that, he habitually put his hands behind his back, hunched over and walked into the house, coughing softly as he walked.
In a flash, Luo Yunhang suddenly felt as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened, and he instantly understood the description that the mute brother had given him last night.
Looking at it now, isn't that just a good image?
When he's happy, he strokes his beard and walks with his hands behind his back and his back hunched.
It's exactly the same as what the mute guy described last night.
It was also because of Qin's identity as the village chief that Luo Yunhang temporarily forgot to suspect him, since who would have thought that the person who did such a thing was actually the village chief.
However, it is precisely because of his position as village chief that he is more suited to doing such petty theft.
These cave guards all obeyed his commands and were at his disposal. Sending one or two people away would create an opportunity for others to deceive him. Isn't that easy?
Then, recalling the mute brother's incomprehensible gestures from last night, he seemed to instantly understand what he meant.
I remember him pressing his ear to the ground to listen to the sound, and stomping his foot hard while pointing at the ground.
Luo Yunhang had a bold guess in his mind.
He used his X-ray vision to look down into the ground.
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On the other side, Xiang Tianhong arrived at the research institute.
Dean Duan was already in his office, talking to Master Li. Xiang Tianhong quickly knocked on the door and went in, telling the two of them what Luo Yunhang had learned from "interrogating" the mute brother the night before.
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