In the middle of the night, I was suddenly woken up by the wind that had been pouring in from the cracks in the tent.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been studying those mysterious words before going to bed, so I basically spent my sleep dreaming about words.
It seemed like I had realized something in the dream, but when I woke up from the dream, I couldn't remember anything.
The burnt compressed biscuits I ate before going to bed seemed to have absorbed all the water in my body. At this moment, I felt uncomfortably thirsty, and the capacity of my bladder was already full.
Although my body was extremely sore, the need to get in and out forced me to get up and unzip the tent.
The late night in the mountains is really cool as water. Before I even got out of the tent, I could not help but shiver.
The firewood outside the tent was burning brightly, but not a single soul was visible.
I couldn't help but wonder, didn't Andrew arrange for the four big guys to take turns keeping watch at night?
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. This is not the first time that Andrew has participated in such an activity. He must have more experience in outdoor adventures than me. How could there be no personnel on duty?
I'm in a hurry right now, so I can't do too much for the time being. I'll find a place to put the water first and then we'll see what to do.
To the right of the tent, near the mountain, the bushes are very dense, so that's where it is.
I thought to myself, and walked over there without even bothering to get the hernia lamp.
After draining the water, before I had put my pants up, I suddenly saw what seemed to be two figures on the mountain peak a little far away from me.
Is it possible that there is a third team in this valley?
And I stood here and looked at it from a distance. The figure with his back to me seemed to be somewhat similar to the back of the mysterious figure I saw in my grandfather's study.
I couldn't resist my curiosity, and my subconscious directed my steps to slowly walk in the direction of the two figures.
"gentlemen."
As soon as I got close to the two men, I heard Pedro's voice.
It turns out that this foreigner, who looks harmless to humans and animals, is harboring a hidden agenda behind his back.
"You came to see me late at night, there must be something important, right?"
"Zhou Lan also led a team into Shentang Bay. This kid is not that easy to deal with. I want to remind you again that your mission this time is not the astrolabe, but Zhou Cang."
The speaker seemed to be a man, but there was a hint of the softness of a woman's voice in his voice.
"Yes, sir, I always remember it, please don't worry," Pedro said respectfully.
This is another cunning little fox. He pretended to be very similar when speaking Chinese during the day. Now he was chatting fluently with that mysterious man, even using words like "夤夜".
"In the text message you sent me at night, you asked if you could reveal some of the Sirian writings to Zhou Cang. As a bait, several of us approved it after discussion. You can tell us all our research results on those writings.
Zhou Cang, in fact, the research results on these texts originally came from his father."
The mysterious man spoke very slowly. As I listened, I felt that when he spoke, he looked a bit like the eunuch we saw in TV dramas——
The soft words were mixed with the intensity of gritted teeth.
"In this case, I can have an entry point to enter." Pedro said in fluent Chinese.
"Well, if it weren't for Xiangyu taking that piece of information from Stanford, we wouldn't have to change our plans temporarily and become so passive." The mysterious man sighed and said.
"Sir, I still don't quite understand." Pedro asked a little cautiously, as if asking such a question was already a bit beyond his authority.
"What is there to understand? The astrolabe is a lock, and Zhou Cang is the key. Without the key, the things we are looking for will always be locked behind the astrolabe." The mysterious man said in a hoarse voice.
"You mean, without Zhou Cang, it would be useless to find the astrolabe?" Pedro couldn't hide his surprise in his tone.
"Yes, at first, only the Xu family knew this secret. That's why Guiyiyuan would fight for the child that Chen Yiyun was pregnant with for thirteen months as soon as the twin brothers were born. But no one expected that
Chen Yiyun is so courageous that he dares to switch two children." There was indescribable resentment in the mysterious man's tone.
It turns out that the black hand controlling the Zhou family behind the scenes is the sanatorium at the foot of Sangpu Mountain, which is also the Guiyiyuan as mentioned by the mysterious person.
Chen Yiyun, does my mother also belong to this organization?
If this is the case, then why does she help Gui Yiyuan deal with the Zhou family?
Is this why my mother has always had a tense relationship with her grandparents?
Father should know these things! If this is the case, why does he love his mother so much?
Is it really true that love has gone to your head?
But then again, since my mother was also affiliated with Guiyiyuan, why did she switch to my brother and me at that time?
"I don't understand why the organization is so sure that Zhou Cang is the person we are looking for?" Pedro continued to ask.
Yes, my father and I were both born to our own mothers after thirteen months of pregnancy. Why were they so sure it was me and not my father?
Could it be that the criterion for judgment is that besides staying in the mother's belly for thirteen months, is there anything else?
The mysterious man continued: "We have been tracking the descendants of the eight major families for more than half a century. If we were not 100% sure, we would not have spent so much effort on Zhou Cang."
Not only the Zhou family, but also the eight major families who own the astrolabe are involved.
But how did they determine that the ultimate target was me?
I strained my ears to listen, but the mysterious man did not continue the topic any further.
"Okay, you don't need to know too much, just follow the plan. I will tell you what you need to know."
After the mysterious man finished speaking, he slowly walked into the bushes.
But I never saw clearly the true face of that person.
For some reason, Pedro watched the mysterious man walk into the bushes and sighed deeply.
I turned around hurriedly and quickly returned to the tent. Regardless of whether Pedro saw me or not, I immediately got into the tent.
I stayed in the tent for less than two minutes when I heard a rustling sound outside, and I felt that it must be Pedro coming back.
Just now, because I eavesdropped on their conversation, I forgot to drink water after putting the water in. Now I am extremely thirsty.
Do you want to go out for a drink of water?
I was hesitant, wondering if I might make Pedro suspicious if I went out immediately.
Just when I was hesitant, Pedro's voice came from outside my tent, "Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang, are you awake?"
I was shocked. Could it be that Pedro saw me when I ran back?
At this moment, I suddenly discovered that when I just woke up, I turned on the hernia light in the tent, and then went out to drain the water. At this moment, the hernia light was still on. Pedro must have seen the light in my tent.
, then asked me if I was awake.
"Yes," I replied, then opened the zipper of the tent door, and then smiled at Pedro: "I woke up from thirst."
"Then come out and drink some water. I'll boil the water. The water in the mountains is very cold and cannot be eaten raw." Pedro also said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll put on some extra clothes." I said, put on a long-sleeved cloth coat, and got out of the tent.