What made Xun Tangshan even more admired was that Wen Mushan's son seemed to be more calm than an adult. He was unwilling to talk much and went to the cafeteria to eat on time every day. After dinner, he returned to his small house.

Once, Xun Tangshan was worried, so he knocked on the door and walked into the room and saw that Wen Tingxu was holding a book to do the exam.

Xun Tangshan leaned over. The child knew that someone had come in, but he still knelt on the chair and wrote and painted.

"Xiaoxu, do you miss your parents?" Xun Tangshan asked.

"Didn't they say they'll come back?" The child looked up at him.

A few more days passed in a flash.

After mid-November, Xun Tangshan finally couldn't hold back his anger. He decided to drive to Kalayatuer Village first.

"Kalayatuer" means "black platform" in Uyghur. This name comes from the towering mound in the southeast corner of the village. It is said that it is the ancient beacon site.

Although it is a Uighur name, most of the people in the village are Han nationality. They are said to be the children of Hunan who came to Xinjiang with "Master Zuo" back then.

Xun Tangshan visited the village and found that the villagers were also worried because the hired people did not come back.

"This time is different from last time. Last time, a kid ran back in about ten days and said he was to replenish some water for the archaeological team."

"Yes, he pulled a lot of water and left."

"But no one came back this time, we were afraid something happened."

Xun Tangshan felt a little sad. He quickly returned to Yecheng, called Beijing overnight, and told the story.

"What's going on? Why don't you report clearly! Go and find someone quickly!" said the Beijing leader impatiently.

Xun Tangshan was startled and he quickly called the police.

The county police and archaeological team members arrived at Kalayatuer Village early the next morning. They found more than a dozen camels, drove two off-road vehicles, and brought enough equipment. According to the location left by Fei Tang a month ago, they rushed to the depths of the desert.

Two days later, the police and his group arrived at the relay station that Fei Tang mentioned before - a small oasis.

The more you enter the heart of the desert, the less space or time you have, you will see endless sand dunes. During the day, the scorching sun is in the sky, making people unable to open their eyes; at night, the cold wind rinses the ground, making it extremely cold.

Xun Tangshan followed the team and walked northeast for two days, then went directly north. One day later, they finally saw the red tent of the archaeological team in the sand sea from afar.

"There is there!" Xun Tangshan said excitedly with his telescope.

The rescue team rushed to the tent. After climbing over a sand dune, they saw a tent. Needless to say, this was the camp where it was now empty.

Not only was there no one in the camp, but even camels and supplies were gone. The rescue team searched around for a long time, but no clues were found at all.

Xun Tangshan was stunned. According to Fei Tang's previous statement, the archaeological team had discovered "excellent things" and "that can change history".

If it is such a thing, it must be a major historical site. And for the sake of convenience, the archaeological team's camp must be located around the site.

But now looking around, there are only endless sand dunes around the camp, like the most ordinary waves in the sea - nothing special.

The herder who provided clues before said that he had discovered a rammed earth platform in the desert, but there was not even a trace of rammed earth in this place.

What is going on? What about Wen Mushan? What about Fei Tang? What about Shu Yun? What about those migrant workers hired?

As the saying goes, when you live, you have to see people, and when you die, you have to see corpses. Materials are immortal, and people cannot disappear alive - let alone more than a dozen living people.

Xun Tangshan and the police went around the camp and found that not only were the people missing, but also the food and water supplies were gone. The tents placed in the supplies were empty.

The captain sent by the police is Shamushak. This word is said to mean "garlic" in Uyghur, so local police sometimes joke that they call him "garlic captain".

Captain Garlic is in his fifties and is an experienced old detective. He has handled many cases in his life, but this is the first time he has seen this situation in the archaeological team.

——No matter how you cover up or cover up, many clues will be left behind, but the archaeological team seems to have no abnormal traces, and no suspicious clues can be found.

That is to say, judging from the situation in the camp, there is no directive information, except for everyone, disappearing.

Captain Garlic opened a tent. It seemed that this place was where migrant workers lived. The house was covered with dirty sleeping bags, some simple toiletries scattered, and many food packaging bags.

Captain Garlic checked several migrant workers' tents one after another, but found no abnormalities - there were no signs of fighting, and the tools were arranged neatly, which were all ordinary places to rest.

However, Xun Tangshan was suspicious because judging from the types and quantity of tools, they did not discover or work before these people disappeared.

In other words, before the incident, everyone was not busy at the archaeological site, but stayed in the tent to rest.

——There are no ruins and no signs of work. Isn’t it just like Fei Tang said that “has a major discovery”, but migrant workers are just staying in the depths of the desert to consume supplies?

impossible!

Xun Tangshan leaned down and carefully inspected the tools and found that they all had signs of being used recently. There were obvious new curls on the blade of the head.

——So, Wen Mushan and Fei Tang did discover and dig something, but the migrant workers were not working on the day they disappeared.

At this time, Captain Garlic suddenly called him over because he found a tent with more fireworks.

There was also a pile of playing cards on the sleeping bag, throwing two packs of open half cigarettes, half a bottle of "Yilito" liquor, and two stools next to them, with a few glasses on the stools and a pack of fried broad beans. It seems that migrant workers often rest here or pass their bored time.

There is also a table in the tent, with a Hero pen and two pencils on the table, and a dry battery desk lamp next to it, and a magnifying glass next to it.

Xun Tangshan recognized at a glance that the magnifying glass was Fei Tang's thing! However, he walked around the table and did not find Fei Tang's backpack.

Fei Tang always carried a blue canvas backpack with him, which contained a thermal kettle, various pens, rulers and other personal tools, as well as work logs, reference books, etc. But after searching around Xun Tangshan, he could not find any trace of the backpack.

Captain Garlic kneeled on the ground, looked at the legs of the table, and then stood up.

"This table was not here before, it was moved here later," he said.

"What does it mean afterwards? Isn't this actually Fei Tang's residence?" Xun Tangshan asked with a frown.
Chapter completed!