to blame

Everyone was a little excited to meet again.

After all, Dafeng is not an ordinary little monster that you can see. When Liu Enzheng and the others withdrew, they were actually prepared for something bad. Unexpectedly, the second team came back with all their hands and feet.

Old Bi was also happy, especially when everyone said that his advice was very useful, his old face quickly smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Tu Qing even hugged Ming Xia and did not let go, his eyes were red.When they withdrew, if Lao Bi hadn't asked Tao Sheng to hold him down desperately, this kid would have jumped down to make trouble.

Ming Xia patted him on the back twice to comfort him, "Old Bi did the right thing. If you run out and we still have to take care of you, it will be a real mess."

Tu Qing resentfully said, "See if you can, I will apply to join the action team later."

Ming Xia lied to him, "Didn't you do it before? Do you need to apply again?"

Tu Qing was caught without warning, and said honestly: "That's the rule, if you want to come in again, of course you have to apply again..." He got stuck and glared at Ming Xia, "Okay, you're capable, you can play Mind?!"

Ming Xia hooked his neck and laughed loudly, "I'll keep it a secret for you."

Tu Qing made a gesture to pinch his neck, and then he was a little discouraged, "I'll tell you the truth, ever since you entered the second team, I have seriously considered whether to come back. Question..."

He looked at Ming Xia with some distress, "Ming Ming also wants to come, what do you think?"

Ming Xia's heart skipped a beat.Mr. Bi speculated that the Ming family was the descendant of Suzaku. If he and Ming Ming's genes were checked, would the conclusion be more accurate?

Ming Xia whispered in his ear and discussed, "When we get back, Ming Ming and I will check together."

Tu Qing reacted immediately.If Mingming is the descendant of Suzaku, it means that she also has the opportunity to awaken and become a real demon hunter. At that time, it will not be whether he takes her or not, but whether Mingming takes him or not.

Tu Qing hesitated.However, this matter is related to the future of Ming Xia and Ming Ming, and also related to Jiu Xiao's plan for many years and the future of the entire Ming family, so he will not be careful to deliberately obstruct it.

"Okay." Tu Qing sighed sourly, "Of course you two are of one mind."

Ming Xia didn't bother to talk to him, "If you have the guts, you'll be sore in front of Ming Ming."

Tu Qing, "Hmph."

Ming Xia turned her head and saw Xie Rong was talking in front of Nan Jiang.

Let's just talk about Xie Rong's appearance. Although he is not very beautiful, he has a gentle temperament.Ming Xia analyzed it himself later, and felt that he had some similarities with Wen Liang's temperament, which was why he still had a good impression of Xie Rong, although he didn't really like Xie Rong.

But when he met Xie Rong for the first time, he found that he had an inexplicable attention to Nanjiang, which made Ming Xia feel a little complicated about him - if he was really a 100% rival in love But this kid has other intentions.

Ming Xia dragged Tu Qing aside and quietly asked him what unusual behavior this person had along the way.

Tu Qing thought for a while, and said a little puzzled: "I'm so anxious, but he looks quite calm."

"Nothing else?"

"I see that he has approached Vice-Captain Liu several times," Tu Qing asked him, "Old Bi asked him, and he said he wanted to know about Nanjiang's situation."

Ming Xia, "..."

This is exactly what made Ming Xia feel complicated.No matter what this person does, he uses Nanjiang as an excuse.Does he really care about Nanjiang?Obviously just want to inquire about their action plan.

Tu Qing looked at Ming Xia with a somewhat tangled look in his eyes, "Have you thought about it? I think he is so energetic, it seems that he really cares about Nanjiang."

Ming Xia withdrew his gaze from Xie Rong, ground his molars and said, "If he comes to me and pretends to be like this again, let's see how I can make him look good!"

It's not wrong to like someone, but if you do something shady in the name of liking, it's too low.

Tu Qing, "..."

Ming Xia waved his hand, "Okay, I'll go back first, and we'll talk next time during the break."

"Hey, no," Tu Qing suddenly felt a little confused, "What do you mean by that...?"

Ming Xia said without turning her head: "That's what you think."

Tu Qing was dumbfounded.

After a battle, this kid actually became enlightened? !

At dusk, the convoy passed a small oasis that Mr. Hu had marked on the map.

It is said to be an oasis, but it is actually a shallow basin with a large dense Populus euphratica forest.In such a place full of gravel and yellow sand, seeing green is a refreshing thing.But everyone also knows that places with water will attract all kinds of animals. For them, this is not the best place to camp.

Passing the oasis and continuing forward, they reached the ruins marked on the map as "Ancient River City".

It is said to be an ancient city, but apart from a few collapsed earthen walls, nothing can be seen anymore.However, the wall of the earthen wall is thick and thick, and it can somewhat resist the wind blowing from the wasteland at night.

Mr. Hu and his party once camped here, and they started from here and continued westward. By this time tomorrow, they will reach the ancient city of Liangtai.

That's where Mr. Hu's accident happened.

They chose an L-shaped earth wall that looked relatively complete and strong, and turned several cars across to block the gap as a place to camp.Nanjiang assigned the staff, some set up tents, some patrolled the vicinity, and the rest took the time to eat and rest, waiting for the shift change.

Unexpectedly, before the rest of the first wave had finished their meal, a new problem occurred. The patrol team called out, saying that they had found a remarkable burrow.

The burrow was found in an alley about three meters wide, with an opening about one meter square between two walls.The patrol team passed by here just now, and there were six people in a group, and the first three people walked through it well. The fourth person stepped on the ground and fell into the hole with a somersault, which shocked everyone.

When Ming Xia and the others rushed over, the patrol team members had already dragged up the teammate who had fallen in.These people are all from Team Six. The guy who fell was a guy from the Northeast. He was tall and tall. His teammates called him the Siberian Tiger.The Siberian tiger fell hard, its ankle was twisted, its forehead was scratched, and half of its face was covered with blood.

Liu Enzheng also rushed over in a hurry, ordered a few team members to go down and check.

After everyone brought the tools and opened the hole a little bigger, they found that the hole below looked like a man-made water intake facility, with stairs leading from the ground to the platform below.There is a well platform built of stones in the center of the platform.It's just that the derrick has decayed over time.There are also stairs on one side of the platform.

Mr. Bi was also very curious about this kind of historic site, and when Liu En was leading someone to check it, he also went down to have a look.After coming up, I told everyone that the water intake room built by the residents in ancient times is below.

The weather in the western region is hot and windy and sandy, so water intake facilities are generally not built in the open.Building underground, while uncommon, isn't particularly strange.

There are stairs next to the well platform, and further down is the channel of the underground river, which is neatly built.But over time, the underground river has dried up, at least in the place where they are, there is no water in the underground river.

Mr. Bi was aroused by this underground cave, and he was still talking about the water supply room during dinner.Ming Xia is not particularly interested in underground rivers, he just simply loves to listen to Mr. Bi's lectures. Mr. Bi is very knowledgeable and eloquent, no matter what topic he talks about, it is particularly lively and interesting.

"I don't know what this place used to be. So I can't tell what kind of customs the people here have, but this water intake device is somewhat similar to the Karez well in Xinjiang." Mr. Bi made a new discovery , the whole person was excited like a child, "You all know Karez, right?"

Seeing his gaze sweeping over, Ming Xia felt as if he had been called in class, and stumbled involuntarily, "...it seems to be some kind of system invented by the ancient working people to divert water from the ground to irrigate the oasis."

Mr. Bi was not satisfied with his answer, so he nodded reluctantly and said: "The snow-capped mountains in the north and west of the Turpan Basin, every spring and summer, a large amount of snow and rainwater flow down the valley and sneak into the Gobi Desert. People use the slope of the mountains to Build Karez wells to draw groundwater out to irrigate farmland."

"The structure of Karez is composed of four parts: shaft, underground channel, surface channel and reservoir. The cave we discovered today is very similar in structure to the shaft of Karez, and the bottom is connected to the underground waterway... But the age is really bad. Sure." Bi Lao said and fell into deep thought again.

Ming Xia secretly wiped off his sweat and squeezed out from the crowd of people attending the class.

He is very happy to attend lectures, but it makes people nervous to always be called on to answer questions.Moreover, Mr. Bi's questions are often outside his knowledge system, which is really... a lot of pressure.

Nan Jiang snickered, "Are you happy listening? What did you gain?"

Ming Xia thought for a while and said: "The appearance of this cave may really be an accident. It has nothing to do with our mission. I think it is better to seal the entrance of the cave. After all, it is a historic site, so it may not be used if it is left open in the open. How long before it was destroyed, or buried in sand."

"I think so too." Nan Jiang said: "Actually, there is a baffle under the hole that was stepped on, but it's just that the baffle rotted over time, so it was trampled down."

Regardless of whether this is a real place in nature or not, the protection of historical sites is something that people with modern education do not need to emphasize.Now that they found out, they must do something, and they can't just leave it open in the open.

"I have to write a report to Mr. Hu later." Nan Jiang put his hands on Ming Xia's shoulders and walked forward, chatting about similar incidents that the action team had encountered in the past.

The person he likes walks beside him, and he can be seen as soon as he turns his head. Nanjiang's heart is full of secret joy and trouble.Such a deliberate distance also made him feel dissatisfied, he couldn't help rubbing the back of his hand on Ming Xia's cheek lightly.

Ming Xia turned her head to look at him, a smile appeared in her clear eyes.

Nanjiang teased him with words, "What do you think will happen if I kiss you now?"

Ming Xia laughed, "There won't be any consequences. Everyone will pretend they didn't see it. When we go back, someone will probably talk to the two of us."

Nan Jiang sighed with some melancholy, "Forget it."

How could he be willing to be called by the leader to have a talk with Ming Xia?He himself doesn't care, since he has a thick skin anyway, he doesn't care what others say, but Ming Xia can't.When he thought that Ming Xia would be questioned and even criticized for education, all the thoughts in his heart flew away.

"This historic site," Ming Xia felt that Nanjiang's expression looked pitiful at the moment, and couldn't help but tilt his head to touch his hand, and asked him with a smile, "Is the sixth group protecting it?"

Nan Jiang's paws felt like they were being scalded. He suppressed his distraction, and said to him with a serious face, "Mr. Hu can't make the decision on how to protect him. He has to report to the headquarters of the sixth group. They have special experts A group dedicated to dealing with this type of thing.”

Ming Xia thought of those races in the Xishan Great Formation that were said to have become national protected animals or plants, and also felt that the sixth group really needed such a department to deal with this type of problem.

Before it was time for them to be on duty, the two of them wandered around the camp for a while. Ming Xia thought that the people who stayed in the camp could not hear them anymore, so he asked Nanjiang quietly, "You said Xie Rong was there on the way?" Didn't leave his own energy imprint elsewhere?"

It would be too coincidental that there would be only one left, and they would just discover it.

Nan Jiang also lowered his voice and whispered, "Old Bi said that he probably sneaked in because of someone who was originally sealed in the West District."

Ming Xia, "..."

What a twist.

The two of them turned around along the outer patrol route, and dusk had already fallen when they returned.Except for the two emergency lights in the camp, the rest of the place looked dark.They passed the intersection where they stepped out of the hole, and saw that the hole had been blocked by something.

Ming Xia's heart suddenly moved, "Where does the underground river lead to?"

Nan Jiang's face showed a surprised expression of "Oh, why did you think of it?" He looked left and right, quickly leaned over and kissed Ming Xia's mouth, and praised him in a beaming tone, "You thought of going with me?" Yes! So smart!"

Ming Xia doesn't dislike him getting close, it's just that he is always so sneaky, which makes people feel a little embarrassed.

He pushed Nanjiang away a little, "I'm wondering if these rivers have any connection with the underground rivers of Liangtai Ancient City? If so, the inexplicable disappearance of Mr. Hu and the others might be related to the underground rivers? Or someone passed through Where did the subterranean channel divert them?"

"I can't rule out this possibility," Nan Jiang said softly, "I just asked Tang Xun to touch it for testing. From the analysis of the direction of the river, there are nine out of ten that it is connected to the underground river of Liangtai Ancient City. And..."

Nan Jiang looked behind them vigilantly, but said very softly: "Did you pay attention to Xie Rong's reaction just now? He is more familiar with this place than us."