After some pleasantries and introductions, everyone took the off-road vehicle driven by Qin II and drove a hundred or ten meters away, finally stopping at a wasteland with more than a dozen tents.

"Mr. Zhou must be familiar with this place, but this is Brother Wei Ran's first time here, so you want me to introduce you to you?"

Zhou Qiguang nodded gently, "I haven't been here for decades, and I just want to listen to what you have to say."

"To the northwest, about five or six hundred meters away is Mo's village."

Qin Er raised his hand and pointed to the left front of the car and said, "The villagers in that village are relatively simple. If Mr. Zhou and Brother Wei Ran are not used to living in tents, they can go to the village to find someone to stay for a few days."

After a short pause, Qin Er gently tapped the rearview mirror between the front and passenger seats with his finger, "A hundred or ten meters behind us, the houses surrounded by teak wood are the houses where the square helmet was discovered.

.”

When Wei Ran and Zhou Qiguang looked away from the car, Qin Er pointed to the camphor forest directly in front of the car and said, "That forest is the abandoned temple. Mr. Zhou, brother Wei Ran, what are you planning to do?"

Let’s take a rest first and go shopping around first.”

“I can just go shopping by myself”

Zhou Qiguang was the first to open the car door, "I was younger than you when I left here last time. I just happened to go to the village to see if I knew anyone else."

"Do you need me to accompany you?" Qin Er said first.

"Need not"

Zhou Qiguang waved his hand and said, "You are busy with your business. If you need my help, please call me at any time, or just go to the temple in Modi Village to find me. I am going to stay in that temple for one night. Also.

Yes, if it is convenient, please help me deliver my suitcase to the temple in the village."

"I will send it there for you now. Do you want to go there with me?" Qin Er asked.

"I'll just go shopping by myself." As he spoke, Zhou Qiguang had already jumped out of the cab.

"Please be safe"

Wei Ran also opened the car door, "If you need us to do anything, please call me or Soseki at any time."

"good"

Zhou Qiguang nodded gently and walked slowly along the gravel road in the direction of the house directly behind the car where the helmet was found.

"Let's go to the temple and have a look." Wei Ran opened the car door and said, "Second, please help Mr. Zhou send the suitcase there first."

"I'll go right away." After Xia Shushi got off the bus, II immediately turned around and drove the off-road vehicle in the direction of Mo's Village.

"What's going on with those tents?" Wei Ran stood on the spot and raised his chin towards the official logo on the tents not far away and asked.

"Be a witness and make a record." Xia Shushi pointed to the off-road vehicle that had not driven far, "Second Master arranged it."

"Your brother has quite a lot of energy," Wei Ran said with a hint.

"Just playing with the crotch"

Xia Shushi joked, "That *** usually doesn't have a straight face, and he always wants to make some noise so that his family can look up to him, but in the end he always does bad things with good intentions, and he wants to be punished every time.

The family will wipe his butt."

Before Wei Ran opened his mouth to say anything, Xia Shushi said bluntly, "This time the second generation is a bastard who wants to use brother Wei Ran to help with some human affairs, but he has put all his money on you.

.”

"What are you betting on?" Wei Ran asked confusedly.

"He wanted to bet that you would be able to find those expeditionary force soldiers, that he was right about the people." Xia Shushi followed Wei Ran for a walk while exposing Qin II's old background without any pressure.

"The dragon boat flowers are blooming really well." Wei Ran pointed to the sea of ​​blooming flowers in front of him and changed the subject.

"yes"

Xia Shushi also did not delve into the previous topic. He led Wei Ran around the dragon boat flower and the digging points that could be seen everywhere in the forest, and walked into the abandoned temple along the stone road that was almost completely covered with moss.

Time has passed by for decades, and now this small temple has long been dilapidated. Not only has the small temple been mostly covered by climbing vegetation, but even the pagoda behind it has become the ecology of this small forest.

In a part of the circle, from time to time, you can see unknown birds darting in and out of the branches and leaves clinging to the pagoda.

Standing at the door of the temple, Xia Shu

Shi pointed at the headless Buddha statue inside and said, "We didn't smash the Buddha statue open. We used other methods and gave it a bath with a high-pressure water gun. Only then did we find the hidden compartment. The second said, if we can find it,

The expeditionary force who stayed here will rebuild this temple as a fulfillment of their wish."

"The second generation still believes in Buddhism?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"He believes in a der Buddha"

Xia Shushi took out a pack of thin cigarettes and gave it to Wei Ran, lit one, and said in a puff of smoke, "You came here from a plane to a helicopter without touching the ground, while the second generation and I drove here. This

Not to mention a lot of bad luck along the way."

"How do you say that?" Wei Ran asked while holding the cigarette between his fingers and driving around Qiang Xun to drive away the few mosquitoes.

"On the way, we saw many cemeteries and cemeteries of soldiers of the expeditionary force."

Xia Shushi paused, "But we also saw a lot of Japanese cemeteries. They were so beautiful. Even the Japanese army dogs, horses and even the elephants they raised had monuments.

It's as if the Japanese are afraid that others won't know that they have invaded here.

What's even more hateful than this is that these people without electricity have been brainwashed by the Japanese. We asked many people along the way, and they all thought that the expeditionary force was an invader with the British, and it was to fight against electricity.

This damn place is for colonization.

On the contrary, the Japanese who burned, killed and looted their country became their saviors. Because of this brainwashing, many cemeteries of the expeditionary force were destroyed. Many local Chinese and overseas Chinese wanted to send the remains of the expeditionary force back home.

, even the only way is to steal.

They searched for them secretly, dug them up secretly, and then secretly transported them back to China for burial. Some of the graves that were still free of electricity were protected by the local overseas Chinese under the pretext of their ancestral graves as a cover."

"A lot of people do this?" Wei Ran asked, "I mean, help those who are returning home from the expeditionary force?"

"Basically they are all overseas Chinese volunteers and some domestic self-organized groups."

Having said this, Xia Shushi raised his hand and pointed to the dilapidated temple, "So the Second Emperor is going to blatantly erect a monument. After he rebuilds the temple, it will be next to it."

"This temple can be repaired," Wei Ran said suddenly, "but I think we should let them rest."

"What?" Xia Shushi didn't react for a moment.

"It has been eighty years since I announced my official message. I would like to invite Angelica this evening."

Wei Ran said as he walked into the abandoned temple, "When they were alive, they came to this ghost place to fight the Japanese. It's time to take a rest after such a long time. It's better than setting up monuments in a foreign land to show to those who don't want to remember them."

.Rather than letting them fight with the Japanese for this meaningless cemetery after their death, it is better to invite them back and bury them in their hometown where they can sleep more peacefully."

Standing in front of the headless Buddha statue, Wei Ran looked up at the roof covered with cobwebs, "After all, this place is not their home. There is no need for them to have to help the people guard it before and after death.

Land that they don’t even cherish. Besides, even if the temple is repaired, who will come?"

Xia Shushi opened his mouth, finally nodded, and said seriously, "I will discuss with the second generation later and let him spend his money."

"Do you know where Monk Sehao is buried?" Wei Ran asked, changing the topic.

"I really don't know this"

Xia Shushi raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the pagoda behind the temple, "But there is indeed a monument behind it. When we came here to look for it, the translator said it was the tomb of the old abbot of this temple, so we didn't ask in detail at that time."

Hearing this, Wei Ran also turned around and walked out of the temple, picked a bunch of dewy dragon boat flowers, walked around to the grassy backyard of the temple, and found a low tombstone next to the pagoda covered with plants.

.

Although he didn't recognize the Burmese characters on the tombstone at all, he was extremely certain that the person buried inside was Monk Sehao.

After bending down and putting down the dragon boat flower in his hand, Wei Ran turned around and said, "Soseki, I plan to go find that cave now?"

"Go now." Xia Shushi didn't expect Wei Ran to be so impatient, "Don't you want to rest?"

"We all slept on the plane all the way."

Wei Ran turned around and walked out and said, "It's just a good time to look for that cave while I'm full of energy."

"Really no need to rest?" Xia

Soseki asked.

“It’s really not necessary”

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "In this case, you ask the second generation to make arrangements and see if you can find a few donkeys to follow. Also, if you have weapons, try to get some weapons for self-defense."

"I'll go right away..."

"Wait a minute," Wei Ran grabbed Xia Shushi, "Don't let those reporters and photographers follow you, don't let the local people follow you, and Mr. Zhou, it's best not to notify him."

"Why?" Xia Shushi asked subconsciously.

"Why else?"

Wei Ran spread his hands and said, "We still don't know if we can find it this time. If we can't find it, it will be a waste of time. Why don't we look for it first? After we find it, you can take the reporters and photographers and go all over again.

.As for not letting the locals follow, didn’t you just tell me the reason?”

"Where is Mr. Zhou?" Xia Shushi asked inquiringly.

"You let him know that he looks like a man in his fifties or sixties. Should you follow him or not?" Wei Ran asked back, "It's not appropriate not to follow. If you follow, do you think he has the physical strength to run all over the mountains and plains?"

"That's right. I'll prepare something with the Second Prince right now." After Xia Shushi finished speaking, he trotted away from the abandoned temple.
To be continued...