From the moment they set out, Meng Xiaohu and his team had spent over thirty hours. The distance between the Northern Military Region and Eastern Province was too great, and the road conditions were not very good. With the exception of the driver, everyone in their team slept soundly in the car during the journey to maintain their strength.
"Sir, I remember it was nearby. Let me think about it again." Zhou Miaomiao bit her lip, feeling very wronged.
Zhou Miaomiao deliberately called Meng Xiaohu "Sir" in order to attract Wen Ziqing's attention. Along the way, Zhou Miaomiao saw that the soldiers were respectful to Wen Ziqing, and thus deduced that Wen Ziqing must be the leader of this group.
Logically speaking, officials don't want others to act big in front of them. Zhou Miaomiao felt that Wen Ziqing would definitely stop her when he heard her call Meng Xiaohu "Commander". In this way, she could start a conversation with Wen Ziqing.
Zhou Miaomiao really wanted to ask Wen Ziqing if her help in finding the cave counted as meritorious service. With this merit, could the higher-ups pardon her for accidentally killing Yuan Sixi?
Wen Ziqing, who was walking in front, ignored Zhou Miaomiao and didn't care what Zhou Miaomiao was thinking.
Honestly, if Chief Huang hadn't insisted, Wen Ziqing wouldn't have wanted to bring Zhou Miaomiao along. Zhou Miaomiao was such a bad woman. "Brother Gu" had saved her life, but when they escaped, after reaching safety, she didn't care about him, nor did she follow his instructions to report the crime to the police. Now, after the incident, they're offering to lead everyone to find the cave as a condition for pardoning her crimes. It's disgusting.
Zhou Miaomiao was very disappointed when she saw that Wen Ziqing didn't even turn his head to look at her.
Honestly, Zhou Miaomiao had never thought her sleeping pills would kill Yuan Sixi, but now that things had come to this, regret was futile. She could only pin her hopes of escaping the crime on this one. Both intentional homicide and manslaughter carried the potential for the death penalty, and Zhou Miaomiao didn't want to die yet.
If Wen Ziqing could cooperate with her and extend the search and rescue time, and then she could "try hard to recall" where they were trapped, the longer it took to find the cave, the more it would show the hardships they had gone through. This would benefit both her and Wen Ziqing and the others!
Wen Ziqing saw every change in Zhou Miaomiao's expression. Although he was walking in front, his spiritual sense could clearly observe the actions of the group behind him.
Wen Ziqing found that Zhou Miaomiao's eyes often looked towards the valley on the left. Wen Ziqing guessed that the cave where Zhou Miaomiao had been imprisoned should be in the mountain on the left.
The mountain on the left wasn't very high, only about twenty meters. They had already been wandering around in the mountains for two hours. The sooner they found the imprisoned women and children, the more peace of mind Wen Ziqing would have.
"The cave is nearby, right?" Wen Ziqing suddenly turned around and asked Zhou Miaomiao.
"It's... over there!" Zhou Miaomiao casually pointed to a mountain opposite to the one Wen Ziqing was targeting.
"Zhou Miaomiao, think about it carefully. If those hostages lost their lives because of your delay, do you think they would follow you around like ghosts?" Wen Ziqing said coldly and ignored Zhou Miaomiao's guilty look.
Did Wen Ziqing know? How could he know? The closer they got to the cave where she had been imprisoned, the harder it was for Zhou Miaomiao to move. Zhou Miaomiao remembered the valley she'd seen when "Gu Ge" had led her out of the cave. It was filled with thorns called wild roses. "Gu Ge's" gray-blue sleeve was still hanging from a bush of wild roses tied to a rope by the roadside.
"Meng Xiaohu, divide the group into five. You lead two groups to search from the top of the mountain downwards. Chen Zhiyong, you lead five people to go around the other side of the mountain and check all the way up from the foot of the mountain. The rest of you follow me." Wen Ziqing pointed to the mountain on the left and gave the order decisively.
Wen Ziqing didn't dare to bet whether Zhou Miaomiao would have a change of heart, as the hostages in the cave were in danger at any time.
"Yes. Numbers one to ten, follow me out," Meng Xiaohu replied, and called ten soldiers to follow him up the not-so-steep mountain wall. Ten minutes later, Meng Xiaohu and his men had reached the top of the mountain and made an OK gesture towards the foot of the mountain.
"No. 11 to No. 15, follow me." Chen Zhiyong waved his hand, without hesitation, and quickened his pace with five soldiers, going around the other side of the mountain.
Did Wen Ziqing really know? As this thought flashed through Zhou Miaomiao's mind, she felt as if her legs were filled with lead; even taking a step was a struggle. She simply sat down on the ground. After all, she wouldn't get any credit for finding the cave, so she didn't bother pretending.
Wen Ziqing glanced at Zhou Miaomiao coldly and scolded her, "What? You want to stay here and feed the wild beasts?"
"No, no, no! I'll take you there." Zhou Miaomiao quickly jumped up from the ground and walked quickly in front of Wen Ziqing. Zhou Miaomiao did not doubt the threat in Wen Ziqing's tone. If she did not cooperate, Wen Ziqing might really throw her into the mountains to feed the wild animals.
Under the leadership of Zhou Miaomiao, Wen Ziqing brought the remaining ten or so soldiers to a smooth mountain wall.
"Huh? How come there is no cave here? The cave is clearly here. Look, this chestnut tree, and there are two white marks on it. They were made when I left." Zhou Miaomiao pointed to a tall chestnut tree in front of the mountain wall, and then pointed to two white scratches on the mountain wall, speaking incoherently.
Could anything be more terrifying than the cave vanishing out of thin air? Zhou Miaomiao clearly remembered that the cave was right on this stone wall, and facing the entrance was a tall chestnut tree. But now, the chestnut tree was still there, but the stone wall had become a single solid block. Where was the cave?
Are there traces of formation fluctuations here? Wen Ziqing stood in front of this flat stone wall and frowned.
In the side hall, Liu Jingyun saw Huikong vomiting blood and fainting, and the protective shield on Ren Zhongyuan gradually disappeared, so he walked towards Ren Zhongyuan.
Let Ren Zhongyuan go? Liu Jingyun felt a little unwilling. He didn't know when he would catch the next "lucky man." Moreover, Liu Jingyun really wanted the jade talisman on Ren Zhongyuan's neck.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Liu Jingyun finally made up his mind.
Liu Jingyun took out a jade token from his arms and threw it into the air. His hands were not idle either. He kept making hand gestures and hitting the suspended jade token.
As Liu Jingyun cast the spell, the jade token emitted a dazzling white light.
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