Special Case Investigation Team VI

"How? Didn't you encounter the situation you were worried about before?" Cheng Jin asked.

"..." Wen Tianqing suddenly looked at him, seeming slightly startled.

Cheng Jin noticed the slight change in Wen Tianqing's expression. The other party must have misunderstood what he said, but in which direction did he misunderstand?Or what is Wen Tianqing really worried about?

"What's wrong?" Cheng Jin asked.

Wen Tianqing smiled and said, "It's okay. I didn't encounter any worrying situation."

Cheng Jin: "I remember you said you were worried about the difference in identity between the two parties."

"I was overthinking it before." Wen Tianqing smiled, "It was only after I got in touch with it that I realized that the people here are very polite and polite."

Cheng Jin nodded and said to himself, it seems that this is his first visit to Jinmeng Villa in Xuelu Valley, so how did he and Zhu Yong know each other before?Like Sister Zhu and the others, have you lived in other stores in Jinmeng Villa?

"Have you seen Zhu Yong's ex-wife?"

"No, I just met with Zhu Yong himself, and his bodyguard was also there." Wen Tianqing said, "Before you said that you had a picnic with their family, could it be that Zhu Yong's ex-wife was there at that time?"

"Yes, there are three members of their family." Cheng Jin specifically pointed out "three members" again.

Wen Tianqing: "Oh, I didn't expect his ex-wife to be here. I thought it was his mother or his housekeeper who went with her."

"housekeeper?"

"His family's housekeeper worked in his house before he was born and has a deep relationship with him."

"Oh, so that's the case." Cheng Jin smiled and said, "You actually met his ex-wife."

"Really? Who is it?"

"Sister Weng, the lady who likes to wear bright tights who hiked into the valley with Sister Zhu." Cheng Jin felt that this was not a private matter, so he said it out.

"I really didn't expect that." Wen Tianqing said in surprise.

After continuing to eat, Cheng Jin peeled the shrimp for Yang Simi.

Wen Tianqing looked at his movements and said, "Zhu Yong asked me about you."

Cheng Jin looked up: "Oh? What did you ask us?"

It seems that what they did at Xiaoyue Lake today caught Zhu Yong's attention.

"His bodyguard said that he saw us having breakfast together in the morning, so he asked me if I knew you well, so I told him how we met. It's okay, right?"

"Of course it's okay, there's nothing you can't say." Cheng Jin peeled the shrimp in his hand and was about to put it on Yang Simi's plate, but Yang Simi raised his chin slightly at him, motioning him to put it directly into his mouth , he dipped the shrimp in some dipping sauce, and then handed it to Yang Simi's mouth.

Wen Tianqing silently picked up food for herself.

Cheng Jin: "Did you tell him that we are a couple?"

Wen Tianqing shook his hand, and the dish he just picked up fell on the table. He said awkwardly: "...Yes. Sorry."

Cheng Jin smiled and said, "It's okay, we can talk about it."

He reflects on their journey along the way.

He pays attention to avoiding intimate behavior in special public places, and he also has a degree of control in ordinary public places-should not stab others in the eyes, oh no, Wen Tianqing's eyes were hurt once on the street outside Fangta Temple, right? Stop him.

In Zhu Yong's words, even if he hates homosexuality, his hotel is so famous, he can't drive away customers unless he thinks of a bad name.

Cheng Jin began to peel the second shrimp for Yang Simi, with a smile on his lips and a calm posture.

Wen Tianqing was still a little embarrassed, feeling that she shouldn't talk about others behind their backs.

In fact, Zhu Yong also asked what Cheng Jin and Yang Simi did. At that time, he suddenly remembered that Cheng Jin said that Yang Simi was good at swordsmanship, but he didn't mention it in the end, only saying that the two were in the company. Those who go to work, as for what exactly they do, I don't know.

Wen Tianqing withdrew her thoughts and changed the subject: "We also talked about Qu Zhe. He said that Qu Zhe had been found. He said that he fell into a pit on the way to Snow Deer Valley and was injured. He is now sent to the hospital."

Cheng Jin: "I already knew about this in the morning. During breakfast, before you came, we talked about it with Sister Zhu and Brother Wei. Later, when you arrived, I forgot to tell you."

"It's okay." Wen Tianqing said again: "Zhu Yong said that Qu Zhe was actually hired by him to take aerial videos for Jinmeng Villa."

"Is it?"

"Yes, Qu Zhe seems to be very good at aerial photography. I heard that he also participated in the shooting of a famous documentary."

"Oh." Cheng Jin knew this, and Qu Zhe had mentioned it before. "What kind of aerial video?"

"It should be a promotional video for the hotel."

In another restaurant, Zhu Yong is also eating at the moment, and the whole family sits and eats together.

A total of 8 people sat on the large rectangular dining table. Apart from Zhu Yong, Weng Ni and Zhu Yunming, Brother Sun and Zuo Feiyan were also there, and Brother Qiu was also on the table as a guest. Besides them, the elders of the family Zhu Meng and housekeeper Wan Cheng also attended the dinner.

Zhu Meng is well maintained. When she is not expressing, there are very few wrinkles on her face, but she has a mature temperament. Most people will suspect that she is not as young as she looks.

Wan Cheng's hair is gray and gray, he has a short beard, and his hair is neatly combed.

Zhu Meng looked at Weng Ni: "Are you going to pray tomorrow?"

Weng Ni smiled and said: "Mom, if you don't go, I will go, if you go, I will stay and take care of Yunming."

She was just followed by someone at Xiaoyue Lake today, so she was worried about leaving her son "alone" at home.

However, Zhu Meng is the absolute authority of this family, and she can be at ease with her at home.

In fact, Zhu Yong is also fine, but Zhu Yong will go to pray tomorrow.

Zhu Meng smiled: "Then you go, Yunming will follow me tomorrow."

Weng Ni: "Okay, thank you Mom."

At this time, Zuo Feiyan said: "Godmother, I haven't been feeling well these two days, so I won't go to pray for blessings tomorrow."

"En." Zhu Meng responded.

Weng Ni glanced at Zuo Feiyan with a bit of disgust, thinking that she deliberately did not participate in the blessing to stay at home and accompany Zhu Meng.

Zuo Feiyan did have that intention, but it was just incidental to please Zhu Meng, the main reason was that she was not physically strong enough to pray for that blessing.

"Miss is not going, so is the young master not going too? You just came back, it's better to rest for a while." Butler Wan Cheng said.

Zhu Yong: "This is the first time I have prayed since I came back, of course I will go."

His tone was so strong that Wan Cheng shut his mouth and stopped persuading him.

After dinner, Zhu Yong went back to his study, and Brother Sun followed him.

"Are you really going to pray tomorrow? It's better not to go." Sun Ge said.

Zhu Yong: "It's okay. I'm not going alone. The posters have already been put up. There will be many people going together tomorrow. I will stay with the big army. If someone wants to harm me, he can't be with others." There are many places to do it, and I have bodyguards, so there will be no danger."

"That's not necessarily true," Sun Ge said, "Our customers generally like to enjoy themselves, and probably won't be willing to walk for more than ten hours."

"There are other tourists in the village."

"You made people put up posters in the village?"

"Ah."

"You're quite clever, kid. However, I still feel that there is a certain risk."

"I know, but this is also an opportunity to find out if someone really wants to harm me, and it may even catch the other party's tail and drag him out."

In the western restaurant, Sister Zhu and Brother Wei were sitting by the window eating western food.

At this moment, Sister Zhu didn't appear so happy and energetic in front of Cheng Jin and the others, but with a layer of sadness floating on her face, she poked the food on the plate without much appetite, and said: "First, Lao Qu had an accident, and then today We were being followed again by the lake and I didn't feel right."

"Scared by Xiao Cheng's analysis?" Wei Ge said, "What he said casually, he didn't take it seriously after he said it, and he was still playing happily, which scared you."

Sister Zhu frowned: "If we took the initiative to come here to play like them, I wouldn't take it seriously."

Brother Wei: "The people who 'funded' us didn't ask us to do anything special. They just let us observe Zhu Yong. There's nothing wrong with that. Don't think too much about it."

"But if that person is not a media worker, why did we come here to observe Zhu Yong not for writing news, but for other purposes?"

"For what purpose?"

"I don't know. I'm not as smart as Xiao Cheng. How about letting him think about it for us?"

"...There is no need for that."

"Oh." Sister Zhu just said that on a whim, she didn't really want to ask Cheng Jin for help, so she didn't insist. "I knew I shouldn't have accepted this kind of strange funding."

Usually, the hotel asks them to help with advertising, who knows that this time they will receive a job of "observing Zhu Yong".

At first they thought it was nothing, they just had the cheek to meet Zhu Yong, and because they met Weng Ni, they didn't even have to give up their shame to see Zhu Yong, it was a very easy job.

It's just that accidents happened frequently along the way, and now I feel uneasy in my heart, always worrying that something else will happen.

Brother Wei: "If you're worried, then we'll leave early. Anyway, we've already given the feedback to the funders, and now we can leave here at any time."

After meeting Zhu Yong last night, they sent their judgments to each other.

However, even if they didn't see Zhu Yong, they could still leave, but they had to return the deposit paid to them by the other party.

After finishing their meal, the two left the restaurant, only to find that a poster had been pasted at the exit, with a beautiful picture printed on it: a group of people were walking on a rocky hillside, with towering snow-capped mountains ahead.

The text on the poster said that there will be a snow mountain prayer activity tomorrow, and passengers who want to participate can go to the front desk to register.

This activity needs to go up the mountain on foot, until you reach the location of the sacred stone, and then the blessing and sacrifice activities will be held there.

The sacred stone is above the snow line, and it takes 12 hours to go back and forth. In order to make room for it, we have to gather and set off at 6:[-] in the morning.

Cheng Jin and the others also saw this activity, Cheng Jin first asked Wen Tianqing: "Have you heard of this activity?"

Like Sister Zhu and the others, Wen Tianqing is also a travel expert, and he runs a hotel in the ancient town, so he must know the attractions in the surrounding area well, if not well.

"I heard that this is a sacrificial activity of the local people. They believe that through this activity, they can obtain the blessing of the gods." Wen Tianqing said.

"Does that mean it wasn't created?"

"No, it's the custom here, and people here have to count the days before going up the mountain to pray. Tomorrow should be a good day in Jinmeng Villa."

"It seems interesting." Cheng Jin asked Yang Simi, "Shall we go?"

Wen Tianqing thought to himself, after walking for 12 hours, even if the two of them were on a whim, they would still choose to give up in the end.

Yang Simi: "Do you want to go?"

Cheng Jin really wanted to go: "I haven't climbed a snow mountain yet."

"Then go."

Cheng Jin smiled.

Wen Tianqing reminded them: "It takes 12 hours to go back and forth."

Cheng Jin nodded: "Well, bring more energy-rich food."

Wen Tianqing reminded them again: "You can't go there on horseback."

"What about the donkey and the mule?"

"...No way." Wen Tianqing said, "It's not about the breed of animals, but because the mountain roads are difficult to walk on, and horses and donkeys can't get on them."

"Oh, it seems that I can only go by myself." Cheng Jin looked at the poster, "Should I just call the front desk to sign up, or do I need to be there in person?"

Wen Tianqing: "Are you really planning to go?"

"Aren't you going?"

"……I'll go as well."

On the other side, Brother Wei looked at Sister Zhu who was standing in front of the poster and said, "Do you want to go?"

"Pray for blessings," Sister Zhu glanced at him, "We have been so unlucky recently, don't you think we should pray for blessings?"

"It says it takes 12 hours to walk, can you walk?"

Sister Zhu was silent. It must be daunting to walk for more than ten hours, but in the end she said: "I think I can challenge it. If it doesn't work, just stop halfway."

Since he had to get up early the next day, Brother Wei didn't ask Yang Simi to play games at night.

In order to preserve their strength, Yang Simi and Cheng Jin did not exercise excessively, and went to bed at 10:[-].

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Cheng Jinding's alarm clock rang, and the two got up to take a shower.

I go out at 6:10, I have already packed my things the night before, and I can leave with my backpack.

The sky outside is not yet fully lit, and is covered with a layer of misty gray. The sun rises here at about 6:[-], and it will take a while before it will fully dawn.

However, it is still cloudy today, and the mountains are thick with fog. Even if it is completely dawn, visibility will be limited until the fog clears.

Five minutes later, the two sat down by the lake and began to have breakfast.

"Why are you still so leisurely at this time?" Sister Zhu's voice.

She and Brother Wei packed breakfast, each with a burrito and a cup of soy milk.

Cheng Jin smiled and said, "There is still time."

He and Yang Simi seemed to be leisurely, but they ate very fast.

After quickly emptying the food, the two got up, and Cheng Jin said, "Let's go, it's time to gather in the lobby."

At 6:28, four people walked into the lobby, and Wen Tianqing walked beside them: "You guys are really on time."

He thought they had finally decided to give up.

Brother Wei joked: "We have calculated the time, accurate to the minute."

Cheng Jin looked around. There were more than a dozen people wearing outdoor sports equipment in the lobby, and there were 9 members of the Zhu family, including Zhu Yong, Weng Ni, Brother Qiu, and two people wearing national costumes. , It should be a priest praying for blessings, and the others seem to be bodyguards, including the bodyguard who went to Xiaoyue Lake together yesterday.

At 6:[-], start on time, and those who arrive late will default to giving up the event.

Walking out of Jinmeng Villa, Cheng Jin saw a group of people coming from the other side of the village. There were about 30 people, and they also wanted to go up the mountain to pray for blessings?

It really is.

It was almost completely dawn at this moment, and everyone chatted and walked lively through the hazy fog to the foot of the mountain. At first, the road was relatively wide and flat, and everyone gathered together. After reaching the place with trees, the road began to narrow , The thick team also began to narrow.

One hour later, the team dispersed into 1 or 6 teams. As time passed, the mountain road became more and more difficult to walk, and the team became more and more dispersed.

Passing under the tall tree, Sister Zhu stopped: "This tree is so big, it takes a few people to embrace it..."

Just as she was talking about movement in the tree, she was startled and raised her head——

She whispered to the others: "Look, there are little squirrels in the tree."

Everyone looked up, the squirrel was quite small, only palm-length, not afraid of people, lying on the tree and staring at them.

This is just the first one, and there are more daring ones behind. When they were resting under the tree, a squirrel climbed onto Wen Tianqing's trouser leg. Sister Zhu told him not to move, saying that he wanted to take a picture.

Cheng Jin also raised his phone, but instead of taking pictures of the squirrel, he took a few pictures of the surrounding scenery.

Clouds and mists flow slowly in the forests in the mountains, like a fairyland, and you can hang them on the wall as a painting for appreciation with just a snap.

After taking the scenery, he turned the camera to Yang Simi, Yang Simi raised his eyes to look at him, the curly black hair on his cheeks was soaked half wet by the mist, and his eyes were deep under the thick eyelashes.

He felt that Yang Simi at this moment matched the scenery here very well, both of them had a mysterious and ethereal aura.

He took several pictures in a row before stopping.

Two hours later, Sister Zhu and Brother Wei were tired and slowed down.

Cheng Jin and Yang Simi still kept a relatively close distance from Zhu Yong's team, firstly because Zhu Yong had a guide there, and secondly because Zhu Yong and the others didn't dawdle, and their speed was not bad, so it would be impossible to walk behind them. Make people feel impatient.

Wen Tianqing looked at them, and it turned out that their stamina was not particularly bad.

Four hours later, Cheng Jin and Yang Simi were still able to keep up, and Wen Tianqing adjusted her opinion again. Their stamina was not bad.

Six hours later, the leading group came to an area without vegetation, where a small amount of ice and snow had appeared on the ground.

Everyone was quite tired, so they stopped to rest—they hadn't been on their way all the time, they had rested several times along the way.

Wen Tianqing asked, "How far is it?"

"It's not far away." The priest pointed out the destination point to him, "That big stone surrounded by ice and snow is the sacred stone."

The sacred stone is a bit like a cluster of huge crystals in shape, but the texture is still brown rock.

It seemed that the divine stone was quite close to them, and Wen Tianqing was very happy, but the expressions of Zhu Yong and the others remained unchanged.

Weng Ni looked at Cheng Jin and Yang Simi, gasped and said, "I didn't expect that you two still have good physical strength. I'm going to die soon, I won't be able to move..."

Zhu Yong also looked at Cheng Jin and Yang Simi, with unconcealed inquiry in his eyes.

The locals are used to the climate here, and it will be easier to go up the mountain. Two tourists from other places can keep up with them, and it doesn't feel right.

Wen Tianqing thought to himself, he was prejudiced against Cheng Jin and Yang Simi before. Among ordinary people, their stamina is already very good, even not much worse than hiking enthusiasts.

Cheng Jin smiled and turned the topic to others: "Brother Qiu has good physical strength. He carries such a heavy camera, lens and tripod. He stops to take pictures from time to time, but he still doesn't fall behind. He's too strong."

They sat down to rest, but Brother Qiu didn't rest. He was taking pictures. In fact, it could be seen from the ups and downs of his chest that he was very tired, but it may be that work overcame fatigue and made him stick to his "post".

"He is a professional outdoor photographer. He always has to carry the camera and various lenses when he goes out. He has long been used to it." Weng Ni was not so breathless now. She stood up, walked to Brother Qiu, and looked at the After looking at the distant scenery for a while, he said, "Take some photos for me?"

Brother Qiu's camera turned to her.

Weng Ni took off her thick coat, and under it was tights again, and she bent her posture.

Seeing Weng Ni start to do the splits again, Cheng Jin thought, she is also very strong, she said just now that she couldn't move, now she can do the splits on her head, it's really not an ordinary person.

Wen Tianjing was shocked when she saw Weng Ni taking pictures for the first time.

Surprisingly, Zhu Yong also seemed a little shocked, he looked at Weng Ni and Brother Qiu for a long time with a slightly deep look.

A gust of cold wind blew by, Cheng Jin withdrew his observing gaze, and took out a thermos to drink water.

This cup is provided by the hotel. The hotel is expensive and has the advantage of being expensive. They will give away a lot of free things, but compared to the room fee, the thermos cup is just a drop in the bucket.

Yang Simi was eating chocolate, Cheng Jin suspected that he was not trying to replenish energy, but simply wanted to eat sweets.

Seeing Cheng Jin looking at him, Yang Simi broke a piece of chocolate for him.

Cheng Jin smiled and said, "Thank you."

Yang Simi looked at him, then handed him the rest of his hand.

Cheng Jin was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"You need more energy."

Cheng Jin couldn't tell whether he was being cared for or "belittled" for a while, he was a little helpless, but he still answered: "Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome." Yang Simi said almost gently, "I will take good care of you."

Cheng Jin smiled and responded softly: "Okay."

It was said to be very close, and it seemed to be very close, but after walking for more than an hour, it finally came to the bottom of the sacred stone.

The cold wind here is biting, Cheng Jin said to Yang Simi: "Let's put on our clothes."

I don't feel cold on the road, I stopped now, it's time to add clothes.

The two unpacked the down jackets that had been compressed into small balls and put them on, and the others did the same.

Next, start the preparations before the sacrifice.

This is the work of the locals, Cheng Jin and the others can just watch.

Wen Tianxing said in a low voice, "You guys have pretty good stamina, and you didn't breathe much."

It is necessary to speak in a low voice here, so Cheng Jin also lowered his voice: "The altitude is high, and the lack of oxygen makes it easy to breathe. We probably adapt to the climate here better."

While making preparations, a small number of people arrived one after another.

After the preparations are done, everyone waits for others to come.

After waiting for another two hours, more than 20 people arrived one after another.

Sister Zhu and Brother Wei also arrived, and Sister Zhu gasped and whispered intermittently: "I am pure, and I rely on, faith, support, and come up."

Brother Wei nodded: "I can testify."

Cheng Jin smiled and said in a low voice, "You are very powerful."

Sister Zhu: "I'm so devout, the gods must bless me! And Lao Qu, bless Lao Qu too!"

Cheng Jin was slightly stunned, and said, "Yes, I hope the gods will bless Brother Qu to recover."

The priest thought that all those who did not give up should have arrived, so he asked everyone to form a circle and started the sacrifice.

The two priests performed a mysterious dance and sang songs with strange syllables.

The expressions of the people participating in the sacrifice became serious, and everyone focused on the dance and song in front of them. The body and mind became relaxed as if they were being washed, and all the troubles and pressures of the world were released.

The sacrifice should have lasted for a long time, but in that atmosphere, time seemed to be fleeting.

Cheng Jin didn't intend to "make a wish" at first, but because Sister Zhu mentioned "bless the old song" earlier, he also said something in his heart, since he made a wish, he might as well make more, and he asked the gods to take Yang Simi and the special case team were also given blessings, and then other people he could remember at the moment were also brought out one after another...

At the end of the sacrifice, everyone remained silent and left one after another.

Walking to a place 100 meters away from the sacred stone, Yang Simi suddenly raised his head, grabbed Cheng Jin's arm, and said quickly while backing up: "Something has come down, let's back up."

The priest was also very sensitive, and immediately warned: "Everyone, be careful of the falling rocks above!"

The stone rolled down from a high place accelerated all the way, and its power was very powerful. If it was hit, the consequences would be serious.

Cheng Jin also heard a strange noise on the mountain at this moment. The movement was quite loud, and it was getting louder. He quickly looked at these people on the hillside. The line was too long, and they all couldn't escape.

The locals were quite calm, and the tourists who came over were in a panic, not knowing where to run.

Cheng Jin grabbed Yang Simi and made a decisive decision: "You lead people to run backward, and I will lead people to run forward."

Yang Simi looked at him, pulled him back, and then let go: "You go back."

He ran forward, holding Sister Zhu and Brother Wei who were stunned in front of him one by one: "Run!"

With him leading it, the people around woke up and started to run.

Cheng Jin stopped those who were also running forward: "Let's run back and go back to the god stone!"

Weng Ni belonged to the crowd at the back, but she also ran forward in a panic. Cheng Jin was about to hold her back, but brother Qiu dropped the camera before him, and dragged her to the back.

Zhu Yong, who was dragged away by the bodyguard, looked at them.

In this way, with Cheng Jin and Yang Simi as the midpoint, half of them moved forward and half of them moved back, making way for the rolling stones on the mountain.

The rolling sound continued behind them, and it took more than ten seconds to leave.

People stopped timidly and looked down at the direction away from the rolling sound. Large and small stones were rolling on the hillside below, rolling to a lower place.

Everyone waited for a while, and after making sure that there was no other movement above, they hurried on their way and did not stop until they reached an area where no rockfall accidents would occur.

Everyone thanked Cheng Jin and Yang Simi.

Cheng Jin smiled and said that you are welcome, but he was worried in his heart. He quietly observed Yang Simi's face, but he couldn't tell if he was angry.