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Chapter 54 Abandoned City

It was almost three o'clock when we arrived at the abandoned city.This is the darkest time in the whole city, the night market shops have closed, and the people who do breakfast have not yet woken up.

The driver persuaded: "You wait until dawn before going in, it's pitch black, it's dangerous."

"Has no one lived here all this time?"

"Don't talk about it, no one goes into the abandoned city. Let me tell you, I heard that there are pots and pans made of gold, the cups are crystal, bright and beautiful, the powder box in front of the dressing table is inlaid with gems, look Look blind."

Cheng Tianlu forced a smile: "There are so many good things, they must have been moved away."

"That's the problem! These things are still inside, and no one can move them away. Why do you think it is?" The driver made a gesture to block his face.

Cheng Tianlu paid the money, bought a flashlight from him, thought about it, and asked for the wrench in his toolbox before walking into the dark lawn.

The driver waited until he could no longer see anyone, sighed, and was about to get back into the car, when he heard the bell on the top of the church "boom" and then the time-telling music sounded.The mainspring of this clock is driven by an electric motor. Since the power supply was cut off, the hour hand has long stopped moving.Who is ringing the bell?

The driver shuddered and drove away quickly.

When Cheng Tianlu heard the bell, his heart tightened, and he went straight to the bell tower.Looking up, the bell tower is dark and gloomy, and the music of the timekeeping spreads melodiously to every corner, as if a Belgian will come out of the house at any time, or go home, or go to the restaurant for dinner.But no one was anywhere.

There is an open space in front of the church, vaguely in the pattern of a European town, with the church and a small square as the center, and other buildings built around the center.But looking at the houses up close, they are all shabby and dilapidated, with rough concrete floors and most of the walls are unpainted.As he walked, he scanned the surroundings with the flashlight, and the light circle stopped at a red brick wall.

There is a big graffiti on the wall that is incompatible with the overall environment, and it looks like Qi Geer's handwriting.Geer Qi loves to draw whales. In the past, all he saw on Tianlu Road was drawn with simple lines, but in this hand-painted whale belly, an old man lives alone, sitting alone on a wooden platform to fish.This is the plot in "Pinocchio", the old man was swallowed by a big whale and lived in the stomach for a long time.

Cheng Tianlu walked into this building, his footsteps shook off the dust, and he choked so that Cheng Tianlu could not stop sneezing. "It's all emptied here, it doesn't look like there are any golden saucers and crystal cups." There were only a few empty wooden shelves in the room. It seemed that the layout was not a residential building. He touched the shelves, and they were also simple in style made of solid wood.

The music of the clock tower continued to play, as if to retell the time that had fallen for decades.I listened intently all day long, but couldn't hear anything except the loud music.

Walking up to the second floor, there is a huge map in front of you.He didn't understand Dutch, but he recognized the county's topographic map at a glance. According to the memory of flipping the map before, his aperture went to find Bozikou.More than 90 kilometers to the west of the county seat, there is a river forking in the middle, and the distribution of mountains... "I found it," he said in surprise, unexpectedly a mark was drawn on it.Get closer to look carefully, it is a green-faced and fang-toothed evil spirit.

"Brother Qi again..." Cheng Tianlu sighed.Fearing that the flashlight would run out of power, he turned off the switch and meditated in complete darkness.

The painter Duomi who committed suicide, like the butcher in the mine and Uncle Hai, must have something to do with the ghost town.Most of Duomi's paintings are realistic. The ravine in the painting is actually a low-lying "basin".Subtropical vegetation is dense, all are evergreen trees, how can there be a large area of ​​bare and barren mountains?The only explanation is that the basin was not formed naturally, but was caused by the ground subsidence of the mine pit.What he painted was a mining field, and the disappearing village was a mining settlement.The strange thing is that he checked the Internet and found that there are no particularly rich minerals in that area, and the main economic activity is tobacco cultivation.And if the village naturally disintegrated due to the depletion of mineral resources, there was no reason to forge a replica.

Tianlu was facing the map, thinking while sliding his finger on the thick paper.The purpose of the fabrication is to conceal, and they need to conceal... Cheng Tianlu's fingers stopped.Fingertips touched something soft.The eyes suddenly lit up, and a pale face appeared!Cheng Tianlu was scared out of his wits and backed away again and again.

That face said with a smile: "You are so timid."

Cheng Tianlu's heart was jumping into his mouth, and after a while of shock, he yelled angrily, "It's scary to hide here! I've been looking for you everywhere, and I almost went to Myanmar, and you're scary to hide here!" He was so angry that he cursed He couldn't find a way to scold him, so he could only stare at Brother Qi angrily.

Brother Qi laughed: "I've been standing here to see when you can find me, but you just stared at this picture in a daze when you came."

Cheng Tianlu pushed Brother Qi away, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, "You're fine, why didn't you come back?! It's fine if you don't come back, why don't you make a phone call?"

"I don't have a cell phone."

Cheng Tianlu thought to himself that no one would find out if he strangled Brother Qi here for ten or eight years, so his eyes showed a fierce look: "He Le Qi, why are you hiding here? Are you a big boss? Missing and severed hands are all the same. Did you plan it?"

Brother Qi patted his face: "Are you confused?"

Cheng Tianlu stared at him viciously: "Don't give me a hippie smile!"

Brother Qi knew that this time he really provoked people, so he showed an innocent and lovely smile and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. There is no electricity and no one here, so I can't contact the outside..."

Cheng Tianlu thought about it, Qi Geer's virtue is not good enough to become a big boss, as far as he can't take care of himself, it is not bad to be able to survive outside Beijing's Fifth Ring Road.He let go of his hanging heart, and his cold body also warmed up, but recalling the worry and tension along the way, he still couldn't calm down: "Then why didn't you go back to the hotel?"

"I play hide-and-seek with Tong Yiru. She knows someone is coming in and hides everywhere. I don't want to be seen by her. I hide from her. I hide here and there. It's getting dark."

"Crazy! What the hell are you two doing?"

"I don't know what she wants to do. When the helicopter flew by in the morning, I saw her standing in the square, looking up at the sky, so I came back to find her. She was alone, no one kidnapped her, I think she is willing Live in the ruins."

Cheng Tianlu murmured: "No wonder Xiao Hu didn't find anyone for a while. If she tried her best to avoid sight and go out in disguise, it would be very difficult to be found. When she enters the ruins, there is no monitoring and no one. As long as she doesn't go to the street, don't talk to the locals. People have contacts, it's almost invisible. But how can she not go out of the street?"

"Yes, there's nothing to eat or drink here, and it's too late to grow potatoes, so..."

"Someone secretly took care of her."

"I'm here waiting for that person."

Cheng Tianlu said in a deep voice: "She should be very anxious. She knew you came in, but she couldn't notify the accomplice. Why? She was afraid of being tracked, so she didn't bring a mobile phone like you."

"Yes, it's a good thing that you don't bring your mobile phone."

"You're so tall!" Cheng Tianlu couldn't help being furious again, "If the accomplice is holding an ax grenade, you will become the protagonist of the battle royale, what plot do you want to arrange this time?

A dismembered corpse or a hanged man from the top of a church? "

Brother Qi comforted him and said, "Don't worry, I can protect myself. Before I left, I told Sangnan that if I disappeared, he would come to find me tomorrow morning; Sangnan wanted to find someone, but I was trapped in the wall by him will find it too."

Cheng Tianlu felt very uncomfortable, "You trust him more than me."

Brother Qi was stunned for a while, and it took a while to realize that Cheng Tianlu was jealous.This jealousy is really unreasonable, but in the final analysis, it is out of worry about myself, Qi Ge'er's voice softened: "It's my fault, I am used to being alone, I thought you would wait for me, but I didn't expect you to wait for me." So nervous. I will tell you where I go in the future, and I won’t disappear for no reason. Guaranteed!”

"I don't care what you do in Beijing, but here, you must be honest!" Cheng Tianlu opened his arms and hugged Brother Qi tightly.This strong body really made him feel at ease and comfortable. In the midst of danger, he grew two bodies. If something happened to Brother Qi, it would be no different from what happened to him.

Brother Qi said, "I'll show you around, it's fun here."

The two walked out of the small building and went to the church.The music on the bell tower has stopped, but the echo seems to be in the ear.

"Is it Tong Yiru who rang the bell?"

"No one but her."

"She probably heard me coming and thought it was an accomplice, so she rang the bell to warn the man not to come in. She herself was discovered, why was she afraid of the man being exposed?"

"I guess, because they are acquaintances."

Cheng Tianlu sighed and tossed and tossed for a long time, could it be that Xiao Qiang was in trouble?Is it Uncle Hai who has played the role of the onlookers since the day he arrived in the county without farting?Or Zero Zero Nine or Xu Mengsi?

Just when he was lost in thought, Qi Geer said, "These candlesticks don't seem to be gold."

Cheng Tianlu looked carefully, the surface of the candle holder was worn out, exposing the gray-black metal inside. "It's covered with gold paint, not even gold plating. No wonder no one wants the treasures here. The legendary jewelry, gold and silverware are all exaggerated. This is a small, poor community of foreigners."

"Why is there such a legend?"

"I don't know. They built a community here, and they should be planning to live there for a long time. I don't know why they withdrew. But I probably know why they came—Sangnan."

"Is it related to Sangnan? It happened four or fifty years ago. Sangnan hasn't been born yet."

"It's not a direct relationship. Sangnan's family is a big family in Myanmar, and there are many companies under his command, one of which is prospecting for mineral veins. The director knows western gold rush movies well. Prospecting for mineral veins sounds very professional, but in fact it is somewhat adventurous. It means that the investment is huge, and the return is uncertain. I checked the background of the company in Sannan, and the original owner is a Belgian, and the main business is in this county. So the Belgians came here for mining.”

Brother Qi was aroused: "Is there really a treasure in the ground here?"

"At least they once believed that. Later, they might have been chased away by the dragon."

"Underground, no wonder—"

Before Brother Qi finished speaking, Cheng Tianlu interrupted him: "Shh, someone is here, the big villain is coming." He pulled Brother Qi to hide in the shadow of the pillar.