fifth form

Chapter 2322 Missing
The old and young people would not listen to Zuo Jin's orders.

There are many old and young people who come to pay homage to the tomb of Luo Zhong, the last emperor. The number of people is greater than that of other imperial tombs, almost reaching thousands.

Excluding some workers who came here to watch the fun, this place completely belongs to the old and young people.

Zhang Xuezhou even found Feng Ziqiang and Jin Shixue in the crowd.

Feng Ziqiang is the son of Feng Xiangyu, a representative of the Old and Young Clan. Jin Shixue is a sequence master among the Old and Young Clan, and he was also damaged by the mirror bones.

Feng Ziqiang still looked the same as before, but Jin Shixue looked a little more tired, not as energetic as when they first met.

Although they are important figures in the clan of the old and young, these two people are not the hosts of the ceremony, but just sit in a relatively front position and watch.

"Xiao Feng!"

Zhang Xuezhou floated closer. It was difficult for him to squeeze in with dozens of people between him and them, so he could only greet them.

His calling him "Xiao Feng" was a bit abrupt, and Feng Ziqiang didn't think anyone was calling him that. However, Jin Shixue quickly turned his head to check.

When Jin Shixue noticed Zhang Xuezhou standing behind him, his heart skipped a beat and he pulled Feng Ziqiang up again.

"Quick, quick, get out of the way!"

Feng Ziqiang was obviously still a little unaccustomed, but when he was lifted up by Jin Shixue and saw Zhang Xuezhou behind him, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

Zhang Xuezhou is not old among the committee members, he is just 30 years old, but the power of management and control is just right for the old and young people.

Feng Ziqiang's father Feng Xiangyu had to cooperate with a smile. If Feng Xiangyu and Zhang Xuezhou interacted on an equal footing, there would be nothing wrong with Zhang Xuezhou calling him that. This could even be a relatively intimate name.

Feng Ziqiang did not feel any humiliation in his mind. Instead, he became closer to Zhang Xuezhou, thinking that it would be easier to get things done by them in the future.

With a look of great joy on his face, he pushed through the crowded crowd and quickly ran a few steps before rushing to Zhang Xuezhou.

"Commissioner Zhang, what brings you here?" Feng Ziqiang said happily, "I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"We feel very relieved to have you here to do things," Zhang Xuezhou said with a smile, "Just go ahead and do your best to make Dongshan the best!"

"Don't worry, our projects are strictly carried out according to the design, there won't be any mistakes," Feng Ziqiang assured, patting his chest, "We not only ensure the construction process here, but also call a lot of people to come here as volunteers to ensure that the money is used effectively!"

"It seems like the progress is good," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"The most difficult part of the foundation has been basically dealt with. After this project, construction will be much simpler. In another two or three months, we should be able to build a prototype here!"

Feng Xiangyu pointed to various places in Dongshan.

The Dongshan area is full of potholes and the roads are crushed into pieces. The crowd is so noisy that it is unbearable, but the progress of the work is not slow and everything is moving steadily towards the better.

"Is there any adverse situation?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"without!"

Feng Ziqiang patted his chest and made repeated guarantees. It was not until Jin Shixue poked him with his elbow that Feng Ziqiang grinned and changed his words as if in pain.

"All construction progress is normal. Only more than ten people broke their hands and feet during construction. They have been sent to the hospital for treatment." Feng Ziqiang said: "This is a normal indicator of injury during construction!"

"Ok!"

"There are still three people missing!"

For large-scale projects, it is difficult to prevent accidents during construction, and it is impossible to install surveillance cameras to monitor every part of the construction site, which covers some casualty indicators.

Given the current progress of the project, Feng Ziqiang feels that all the indicators and indexes are very normal.

If Feng Ziqiang had not been poked twice by Jin Shixue, he would have felt that nothing was a big deal and would have chosen to report good news rather than bad news.

"Commissioner Zhang, the missing people probably did not occur during the groundbreaking project," Jin Shixue said solemnly, "I suspect it happened during the night celebration!"

"Oh?"

"The missing people are not workers," Jin Shixue said, "Those three people are the personnel who held the Night Fire Ceremony!"

"Is this the night fire sacrifice?" Zhang Xuezhou pointed at the people carrying incense and dancing in front of Emperor Luo Chong's tomb, which made Jin Shixue nod quickly.

"They said they disappeared in the blink of an eye," Jin Shixue said, "perhaps just the time it took to change into ceremonial clothing. These three people disappeared, leaving only the clothes they had never worn on the ground!"

Feng Ziqiang believed that the missing person might have fallen into the imperial mausoleum and might have run back at any time.

Jin historiography does not think so simply, but it also does not show any clues.

He himself had no ability, but when he suddenly saw Zhang Xuezhou, who was an extremely good observer, he inevitably quickly communicated with him and asked for help to see if he could get an answer.

"Where did he disappear?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"It's right there at the partition of the imperial mausoleum!"

Jin Shixue pointed in the direction and quickly led the way.

The isolation board he was referring to was the baffle surrounding the tomb of Emperor Luo Zhong.

Before the Luo Li Emperor Cultural Relics Museum is built, Luo Zhong's imperial tomb will not be directly excavated, but will remain closed to wait for the cultural relics to be properly transferred.

Luo Zhong's imperial tomb is empty, which is the most embarrassing construction among many imperial tombs.

But the Zuo family is doing everything they should do in this area, and it doesn't seem to be any different from other areas.

After some guidance, Zhang Xuezhou had already turned to the isolation board, and saw that lime had been sprinkled on the place where the three people disappeared, and three sets of clothes were still left there, and stones weighing more than ten kilograms were placed on top.

"The baffles in this area are not integrated aluminum plates, but plug-in baffles. You only need to plug and unplug them to enter and exit," Jin Shixue said. "The disadvantage of this baffle is that it is easy for people to enter from a certain area, but the advantage is that it is very wind-resistant. Many imperial tombs with strong winds use this type of baffle to construct isolation panels!"

"Disappeared so quickly?"

Jin Shixue and others lacked a direction for verification, so they checked the isolation devices in the imperial mausoleum, trying to find out the reason for the disappearance of people.

Zhang Xuezhou touched the soil beneath the clothes.

The soil is not loose, but it is not covered with marble tiles, which is somewhat different from the isolation zones used for paving tiles.

He thought about the purple gladiolus' not-so-clever ability to hide underground, and felt that it was too difficult to pull a living person away out of thin air.

Without the level of earth escape skills of Kong Zhong and others, it would be almost impossible to capture people underground in a limited area.

And Zhang Xuezhou couldn't think of any reason why the purple gladiolus would arrest people.

"Does the purple gladiolus grass need to be sacrificed and eaten by corpses like the longevity fruit tree?"

Compared with the limited research direction of Jin's historiography, Zhang Xuezhou has slightly more ideas, but they are limited and full of contradictions.

"Have you checked inside the imperial mausoleum?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I brought two people in to search today, but found nothing," said Jin Shixue.

"Go and have another look!"

Zhang Xuezhou searched outside the imperial mausoleum to no avail, so he had no choice but to look inside the mausoleum for possible solutions.

"I heard that Commissioner Zuo often comes to check on the progress of the project these days. Does he know about the disappearance?" Zhang Xuezhou asked casually.

"It was a bit unfortunate that this happened," Jin Shixue said, "The disappearance happened after Commissioner Zuo left. Commissioner Zuo didn't come over in the past two days after he returned to Xijing City!"

"He has been back to Xijing City for two days?"

Zhang Xuezhou frowned.

Zhang Xuezhou ran around to investigate the situation. He was not running around aimlessly. Instead, Zhang Xuezhou relied on his own perception to confirm that he did not hear any voices in the Zuo family villa, and he was also sure that Zuo Jin was not there.

He thought of the three people who had disappeared inexplicably, and pondered the lights in the Zuo family area that turned on at 7:20 p.m., and the time when Zuo Teng became emotionally unstable. He felt that these times were more or less close.

With a shadow in his heart, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but be more cautious when exploring the tomb of Emperor Luo Zhong.

Not only did he not enter the mausoleum alone, he also asked Jin Shixue and others to take a few sets of leather jackets from the construction site, and put on sunshades and other items, protecting his body tightly from head to toe before choosing to enter the mausoleum.