When I heard Yuanxiao’s question, I bent down and observed the snake carefully. I found that the snake’s eyes were actually red, and it should have been inlaid with some kind of red gem.

The strangest thing is that when I saw the snake's eyes, I couldn't help but feel cold all over, and this feeling seemed familiar.

Suddenly, an idea exploded in my mind. It was this idea that made me shudder.

This feeling once appeared, which was the strange email. The two eyes on the photo in the email made me shudder. Yuanxiao had also seen that photo, so he also felt this way.

Could it be that the photos were taken here?

No, the eyes in the photo are obviously much bigger than this statue!

But what is the connection between them?

Why would anyone send me an email like that? It doesn't seem like a prank?

But what does this have to do with me?

I had no idea for a moment.

"What? Is there anything wrong?" Kong Xue asked.

I smiled and said casually: "It's nothing, I just feel unbelievable."

"No wonder." Kong Xue said proudly, "This thing is the only one in the world."

I nodded, and didn't say anything. I took out my cell phone and took a photo of the statue of the horse and snake.

We checked around the room again, but there was no other gains, so we decided to continue moving forward. Only Lantern Festival was reluctant to leave, and kept asking Kong Xue: "We have agreed, let me choose two at that time! Don't regret it!" Kong Xue rolled her eyes and ignored him.

We continued to move forward, and after walking for a while, we arrived at the end of the secret passage, which was a small shaft-shaped space, with a small table in the middle with some documents on it, and an iron ladder that could be climbed up on the wall next to it. At the end of the iron ladder, there was a thick iron plate.

Kong Xue was eager to find her father and didn't care about anything else, but she was really agile and climbed up the iron ladder in just a few strokes. There were two spring buckles on the exit of the iron plate, which allowed the iron plate to be opened from the inside, but it was absolutely impossible to open from the outside. The iron plate was very thick, and Kong Xue tried several times but didn't push it away. So she turned her head and said, "Who are you here to push it!"

But Shi Tao and Yuanxiao were standing by the table and looking at the documents on it. Only I happened to be standing next to the iron ladder. When he heard Kong Xue's words, Yuanxiao looked at me and made a "please" move to me. There was no way. It seemed that I had to do this flower protector's life.

I climbed up the iron ladder and came to Kong Xue. In order to use force, I could only climb as much as possible. Two people stood on the iron ladder that was not wide, so that Kong Xue and I could not help but feel the softness in their arms and the fragrance of Kong Xue coming from time to time. I couldn't help but feel a little distracted. However, Kong Xue's sudden words, "Try hard!" woke me up. We both pressed the iron plate hard and pushed it hard. With a squeak, the iron plate turned over and a cool breeze blew in.

Kong Xue jumped out lightly and stretched out, and I also poked out half of my body to check. This was a wasteland behind the villa, and there were no buildings or people around except the villa. Kong Xue looked around and suddenly squatted down, "Look!" I looked along the position where Kong Xue pointed, and a line of vague footprints spread to the distance. "This is Dad's shoe print, I know him! It seems that Dad really left here! But why is this?"

Yes! Why is this? We have asked more than once, but there is still no answer.

We followed Master Kong's footprints, but found four obvious rut ​​marks at the end of the footprints. It was obvious that Master Kong drove away from here. It has been more than ten hours since Master Kong disappeared. If he was driving, he had already walked a considerable distance and we would definitely not be able to catch up, so we had to return the same way.

Yuanxiao and Shi Tao also rushed over and asked hurriedly: "How is it?"

I shook my head. "Mr. Kong drove away, it's hard for us to catch up!"

Yuanxiao nodded, "We found something, you can take a look."

We returned to the secret passage again. At this time, Lanxiao pointed to the table and said, "There is a strange map here! There are also some old newspapers." As he said that, Lanxiao handed over the old newspaper, Kong Xue reached out to take it and flipped it over carefully.

I opened the map. It was really a very strange map. It was completely hand-painted, without directions, no place names, and no signs. The only ones marked were Tuanjie Peak in the Qilian Mountains and some sporadic numbers. And I also drew a circle on these words Tuanjie Peak in the Qilian Mountains, marking a time on it. What unexpectedly is that the marked time was five days later.

What's even more strange is that the map is drawn with different colors, including blue, yellow, and red. Yuanxiao and Shi Tao, I looked at each other, and no one could understand such a map. "I'll go! What's the drawing? Are the weather forecast maps?"

What really shocked us was that there were a few red words written on one corner of the map: Twenty years of debt... It was gone after that, and it was clearly not finished.

So we looked at Kong Xue again. Kong Xue shook his head, "What does this mean? Will Dad be in danger!" Then we handed us the newspaper in our hand, "It's just a few old newspapers from decades ago, with all kinds of news on it, nothing special, nothing can be seen!"

"I think these newspapers and this map must not be placed here at will. They must record some important information, but we have not found it yet. This information must be closely related to Mr. Kong's dismissal this time. Maybe the answer is here." I said while flipping through the newspaper.

"Wait a minute." Yuanxiao suddenly spoke, "I suddenly thought that the Qilian Mountains marked on this picture. Do you have any reports related to the Qilian Mountains in the newspaper?"

When I heard this, I felt it made sense, so I quickly looked through a Guangming Daily in my hand and found a report related to the Qilian Mountains: the scientific expedition team encountered an avalanche in the Qilian Mountains, and the People's Liberation Army stepped forward at a critical moment.

I continued to search and found another article in another Gansu Daily: In order to save people, the lives and deaths of the officers and soldiers at the Qilian Mountain Post are uncertain! There are similar reports in the other newspapers.

Qilian Mountains! All clues point to the Qilian Mountains. I pointed to the time marked on the map, "From this time, Master Kong should be planning to arrive near Tuanjie Peak in Qilian Mountains before this time."

"I remember!" Kong Xue suddenly remembered something, "My father was a soldier when he was young and stayed at the outpost in Qilian Mountains. But why did Dad go there?"

"Maybe it is related to the incident reported in the newspaper, but the real reason may only be known by finding Uncle Kong. At present, Uncle Kong is on the road alone, and it is very dangerous to enter the mountain at this time!" Yuanxiao has some experience in this regard. In the past two years, he has been to some dangerous places, so he still has a say in this regard.

"What are you waiting for!" Kong Xue was a little anxious, "Call up people quickly and go to Qilian Mountain to find my father!"

"Wait a minute," Lanxiao suddenly waved his hand, "Kong Xue, don't be impulsive. Think about it, why did Uncle Kong quietly leave the underground secret passage alone? There is only one reason, avoiding people's eyes and ears! Although we don't know who Uncle Kong is hiding now, I think this matter must not be publicized, otherwise, it may cause trouble to Uncle Kong!"

Shi Tao nodded, "It makes sense. Then I will go up the mountain by myself tomorrow. Try to find Mr. Kong!"

"No!" Kong Xue said, "I want to go with you! I think my father's out this time is unusual, I am really worried! I must not wait at home!"

"Then," Shi Tao pondered for a moment. Perhaps it was also known to Kong Xue's personality, and it was worthy of agreement. "Okay! Xiaoxue, if you can't hold on, you can take it down at any time!"

"Then you?" Kong Xue turned her eyes to me and Lanxiao. Now, in terms of face, the word "not going" is really unspeakable. So we decided to go together, just to take part in hiking and mountaineering tours!

"Then it's decided, I'll prepare something." Shi Tao patted his chest, "It's more convenient for me to do things in the Linxia realm."

Everyone reached an agreement. Yuanxiao folded the hand-painted map and put it on her body, patted her pocket and said, "This is called being prepared for any trouble!" So a few of us left the secret passage and returned to the villa.
Chapter completed!