coobybook Chapter 183 Following Li Jie (2)
Chapter 183 Following Li Jie (2)
The moment Li Jie rushed into the forest, Liu Jingxue was certain that there was definitely something wrong with Li Jie.
Otherwise, he would go out in the name of selling vegetables to the villagers in the city, instead of going to the city to find customers, so what was the purpose of going into the mountains?
Could it be that there were people living in the mountains, and he went to the mountains to find people to sell vegetables to?
Not to mention that there are no houses in the mountains, even if there are, there are so many fields in the mountains and people can grow their own vegetables, so there is no need to buy them.
He could also argue that he was either selling vegetables today, or going into the mountains to collect firewood or mountain products.
But there are so many roads leading into the mountains from the village. If he wants to go into the mountains to collect firewood and mountain products, he can just go up the mountain from the village road. There is no need to run so far and go up the mountain from other places.
What's more, when Li Jie went up the mountain just now, his actions clearly seemed like he didn't want to be discovered, which further proved that his purpose of going up the mountain this time was not pure.
Liu Jingxue followed Li Jie cautiously, not too far away.
With Tuanzi monitoring him all the time, he doesn't have to worry about losing him.
After following Li Jie through the mountains and forests for a while, Tuanzi's voice rang in Liu Jingxue's mind.
"Master, you need to move forward quickly.
Li Jie is climbing a tree. The tree is quite high and I am worried that it is out of the monitoring range.
While he is climbing the tree, he won't be paying attention to his surroundings, so hurry up and move forward."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she hurriedly followed Tuanzi's instructions and walked forward a distance.
He stopped three or four meters away from the tree where Li Jie was.
At this time, Li Jie was still climbing up.
Liu Jingxue estimated that the tree was about twenty meters tall.
Li Jie stopped about two or three meters away from the top of the tree.
The branches were too dense, and Liu Jingxue couldn't see what he was doing there, so she asked Tuanzi,
"Tuanzi, what is Li Jie doing there?"
"He was retrieving something. Where he stopped, there was a package wrapped in oil paper tied to it."
It seems that the package was left here by Li Jie, otherwise he would not have gone straight to the package.
Liu Jingxue saw that Li Jie seemed to be carrying a package on his back, so she slid down.
"Tuanzi, did he check the contents of the bag?" Liu Jingxue asked.
“He seemed to have left some mark.
I saw him check it carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he took off the oil paper bag and stuffed it into his bag, then came down with the bag on his back.
Liu Jingxue asked, "Did you scan what was in his bag?"
"There is a pistol, some bullets, something that looks like a map, and a few packets of compressed biscuits."
There is a pistol. Grandpa Zou guessed it right. This man really has a weapon in his hand.
Map, where could it be, Liu Jingxue thought to herself.
Liu Jingxue asked with a hint of anticipation, "Tuanzi, can you make a copy of that map?"
If we could get the map, we would know what he is looking for by following the map.
"Master, I don't have this function.
If you don't mind him noticing something unusual, I can put the map into the space when he's not paying attention.
Then I took a photo with my phone and sent it back.”
Liu Jingxue quickly shook her head, "No, this is too risky.
If he notices it, it will alarm him, and what if he runs away?
In that case, we will be completely in the dark about his purpose of coming here and who his accomplices are.
Even if we have the map, we cannot be sure whether it is complete or authentic.
Don't those novels all mention that treasure maps are divided into several copies and kept by different people? "
"Then there is no other way. We can only follow him and see if we can find the place or find out why he came here," said Tuanzi.
But I can't follow him every day.
Not to mention that I have made up my mind to practice with peace of mind and strive to reach the fourth level of Qi training as soon as possible.
Even the few invisibility talismans left in the space cannot support me to squander like this every day.
Besides, I have other things to do. I have to find Sister Jin to complete the transaction tomorrow and I can't follow him.
Thinking of Sister Jin, Liu Jingxue remembered that she had not prepared any meat for Sister Jin yet.
Since we are entering the mountains today, we might as well take this opportunity to collect some pheasants and rabbits so that we can bring them to trade with her tomorrow.
As for the domestic chickens, give her one.
Let’s see if I can get the tickets I want from her tomorrow.
After Li Jie slid down, he opened the package, took out the pistol, removed the magazine and checked the bullets inside. Finding that it was full, he replaced the magazine and inserted the pistol into his waist.
After putting the package back on his back, Li Jie walked quickly inside again.
Li Jie moved very quickly, without any hesitation other than being alert to any danger around him.
With the help of Tuanzi, Liu Jingxue followed behind him all the time.
Two hours later, Li Jie finally slowed down.
After discovering an obviously newly made mark on a tree, he took out the map from his backpack and examined it carefully.
“It seems that this map should be in this mountain range.
I don’t know where it leads to, or what is hidden at the final destination.”
Li Jie seemed to have no idea which area of the forest the map was located in. Liu Jingxue followed him, running around in the forest like a headless fly for a long time, but could not find the location that overlapped with the map.
Perhaps because he was hungry, at around 1 p.m., Li Jie finally stopped and sat down against a big tree to rest.
He took out the compressed biscuits from the package and the bottle of water he brought with him and ate them.
Liu Jingxue took this opportunity to quickly enter the space and eat.
After following Li Jie and walking in the mountains for so long, she was already hungry.
If she hadn't been afraid of being discovered by him while she was eating, or if she hadn't been unable to catch up in time, causing him to be out of Tuanzi's detection range and lose track, she would have taken food from the space to fill her stomach long ago.
Liu Jingxue was eating in the space when Tuanzi suddenly reminded her,
"Master, Li Jie is having a tantrum outside and even smashed the kettle.
He was mumbling something, I don't know what he was saying, it must be dialect, but I couldn't understand it.
You should go out and have a look."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and left the space.
Sure enough, I heard Li Jie yelling and cursing there.
Perhaps because she was in a bad mood, her voice was a little loud, and Liu Jingxue, who was six meters away, heard it clearly.
When Liu Jingxue heard clearly what the so-called dialect was, her face immediately darkened.
This is not a dialect at all, it's clearly the Japanese language.
Liu Jingxue graduated from a normal school in Modern University, majoring in English.
The second foreign language I learned was Japanese. Although I didn’t learn it very well, I could still understand some simple words.
Li Jie cursed for a long time, and Liu Jingxue listened carefully.
Although I don't understand it all, the general meaning is that it is cursing the person who left the map for not drawing it in more detail.
More than twenty years have passed, and a lot has changed.
It would not be easy for him to find it if he searched aimlessly in this forest.
He also said that he had been here for two years and still hadn’t found it, which was useless.
They didn't even think about the fact that it would take him forever to find the forest on his own.
Moreover, he came here under someone else's identity as an educated youth, so it was impossible for him to stay away from public view for a long time.
If a youth did not return home at night, the production team would immediately report to the police or the Youth League Office to capture the escaped youth.
As a result, he had to go into the mountains to look for it early in the morning and come back late at night. He had to repeat the same route a lot every day, wasting a lot of time.
However, there were ferocious beasts in the deep mountains, so he could not afford to be careless and could only search a small area a day.
The Northeast is covered with ice and snow for several months a year, making it impossible to enter the mountains.
The new educated youth were not allowed to take long vacations in the first year they went to the countryside, so they had no chance to stay in the mountains and forests for a long time to search carefully.
If it's really that urgent, why not just send more people to look for it?
They said there were not enough people there and they were afraid the map would be leaked.
He had this tattered map for almost two years, but he still hadn't found the place. Even if others got it, without the place name, how could they find it?
After Li Jie finished venting and stopped talking, while he was resting quietly, Liu Jingxue flashed into the space.
She had to go in, as she was afraid that she would not be able to help but make some noise and be discovered by Li Jie.
He was even more afraid that he would not be able to control himself and would go forward and beat Li Jie up, thus alerting the enemy.
Liu Jingxue decided to go to the cowshed at night and quickly tell Grandpa Zou and Uncle about the situation to see how they would arrange it.
Liu Jingxue followed Li Jie throughout the afternoon, wandering in the mountains and forests.
When Li Jie made a mark and walked back, she followed him.
Liu Jingxue stayed where she was as she watched Li Jie put the map and gun into a package and hide them in a big tree.
Almost half an hour after Li Jie left, when she was sure he would not come back, she climbed up the tree to see if there was a chance to take a picture of the map.
"Master, I advise you not to move.
When Li Jie was putting the package and the layer of oil paper on the outside of it, I noticed that he carefully adjusted them several times. I guess he made some secret marks.
As long as you move, he will definitely find you."
After hearing this, Liu Jingxue had no choice but to give up.
On the way down the mountain, Liu Jingxue asked Tuanzi to collect a few pheasants and rabbits into the space.
I'll take a few to trade with Sister Jin tomorrow, and send a few more to the bullpen.