Wen Liang suddenly remembered that Tang Ye had said during the call with the town that the village she was going to had to climb two hills, and he and Yang Yihang had overlooked this point just now, so he hurriedly asked, "How are your villages distributed?"
Mozhuang Village is of medium size, with more than 600 households and over 2,400 people. It is divided into five village groups, namely Modong, Moxi, Mozhong, Zhuhegou North and Zhuhegou South. Modong, Moxi and Mozhong are relatively concentrated in location. More than 200 meters ahead of Modong is Zhuhegou South.
Zhuhegou is not a ditch, but two connected hills, plus a Zhu River running through the two mountains, collectively known as Zhuhegou.
Taking this as the boundary, the south is Zhuhegou South, and the north is Zhuhegou North.
In other words, the remote village that Tang Ye went to last should be Zhuhegoubei!
"Let the search and rescue team that came with us concentrate their efforts and search in the direction of Zhuhegou, paying special attention to the ditch between the two mountains."
Li Chonggu hurriedly passed down the order. In those days, communication means were backward, and he was the highest-ranking official in Mozhuang, so he naturally became the commander-in-chief. At his order, Mozhuang Village also selected young and strong people to form a rescue team, and together with the search and rescue team from the town, they began to climb the mountain in the heavy rain.
The difficulties we faced at this time were much greater than when we came from Shishan Town. Although the mountain road between Shishan Town and Beiling Town was not hardened, it was still a township road, a proper road. Zhugou was called a road, but in fact it was just a path trampled by villagers, which meant that there were fewer weeds and thorns. It was easier to walk on sunny days, but it rained heavily at night, so we could only walk as far as we could, not to mention that we had to shout and search while walking
After finally climbing to the top of the first mountain, several people's rubber shoes were pierced by sharp stones and needles, and several people broke their arms and legs, with a loss of one-tenth of their body weight. Wen Liang followed the search team, the wind was howling, the rain was pouring down his neck into his clothes, his feet were deep and shallow, and every step consumed a lot of physical strength. Even with his physical condition, he felt extremely tired, not to mention Li Chonggu, who was nearly 40 years old.
"Chief Li, searching on the go is too slow. How about splitting up into two groups? Pick out the strong and agile young men, and I'll lead them to the villages north of Zhuhegou. You stay here and lead the rest of the people to search the mountains and hills carefully. What do you think?"
Li Chonggu looked at the dark mountain ahead and knew that he could not climb up at all. However, he remembered the instructions of Yang Dingjun and Yang Yihang and advised: "Why not let Deputy Mayor Zhao lead the team, and you and I will stay behind..."
Wen Liang waved his hand and said, "I'm worried, so it's settled. Please tell Deputy Mayor Zhao about this."
Li Chonggu had no choice but to ask Deputy Mayor Zhao to obey Wen Liang's orders and ensure his absolute safety, and then watched them disappear into the night.
God bless, please don't let anything go wrong. The disappearance of Tang Ye has caused unrest in the whole country. Yishan can no longer withstand Secretary-General Wen's anger!
For Wen Liang, the first thing to do is to confirm whether Tang Ye has really been to Zhuhegoubei, and then he can restore her walking route and narrow the search range. Otherwise, if he searches aimlessly, he may not get any results until dawn.
So he hardly stopped along the way, crossed another mountain, and hurried another two miles before finally arriving at the Zhuhegou North Group.
Deputy Mayor Zhao found the team leader of the Goubei Group and asked several people, and confirmed that Tang Ye came here at around five o'clock this afternoon, visited more than ten households, and stayed overnight at the home of a widow named Zhu Dayu.
Wen Liang and others rushed to Zhu Dayu's home. The team leader knocked on the door. Zhu Dayu was frightened by the group of people in front of him. After figuring out their purpose, he said with a look of panic, "Reporter Tang left. At around seven o'clock, she suddenly said that she had to finish a manuscript. I asked her to stay at home for one night, and she said that the sky was very cloudy and it would definitely rain, but she didn't listen and insisted on leaving... I didn't do anything bad. The government can't wrongly accuse a good person..."
After comforting Zhu Dayu with a few words, Wen Liang summarized the previous and subsequent news, arranged them on a timeline, and roughly sorted out Tang Ye's activities.
At 2 pm, Tang Ye set out from Beiling Town and headed for Mozhuang Village. At 5:30 pm, the town office received a call from her saying that she was going to interview the North Group of Zhuhegou and would not be back that night. The people in the North Group also said that she arrived at around 5 pm, which means that when Tang Ye called the town government, she should have been not far from the North Group, and it is very likely that she had crossed the mountain or was near the top of the mountain.
“Is there any cell phone signal here?”
Mobile phones are not yet popular, and base station construction is relatively backward. Deputy Mayor Zhao said: "There is a signal in the town, and Mozhuang can occasionally receive it, but it is not stable. You have to be in a high place and the weather conditions are good. I remember that once Secretary Yang came to Mozhuang to visit the needy, he answered the phone on the mountain in Zhuhegou."
So, Tang Ye left Zhu Dayu's house at around seven o'clock, and Wen Liang called her for the first time at almost nine o'clock, which means that she walked for more than an hour.
It hadn't rained yet, so Tang Ye could have walked out of Mozhuang Village in more than an hour. In addition, when Wen Liang was calling, he heard the sound of rain, and the heavy rain did start at that time. If he was still near Mozhuang, even at the top of the mountain, there would be no signal on his phone, so it would be impossible to get through.
No wonder so many people were mobilized but nothing was found. It turned out that the direction of the search was wrong. The plan decided by Yang and his party was centered on Mozhuang and focused on the surrounding areas of the village, but ignored the fact that Tang Ye might have already walked out of this range.
Wen Liang looked up suddenly and said, "The place where she got into the accident should be not far from the town!"
The only way to get through the phone in the heavy rain is to be near the town. Realizing this, Wen Liang immediately turned around and met Li Chonggu, who had been searching in vain, in Zhuhegou. He left Deputy Mayor Zhao with a team to continue the search, while the others turned around and conducted a carpet search in the direction they came from.
As they got closer and closer to the town, Wen Liang could almost see the lights coming from the top floor of the town government, but he still could not find any trace of Tang Ye.
Is the judgment wrong
Wen Liang stopped and frowned, thinking hard, what had he missed? The heavy rain showed no sign of abating, but became heavier and heavier. The thin rain lines turned into seamless rain curtains, sweeping across the mountain area with the strong wind.
"Be careful ahead, the rain is too heavy, watch out for the slippery road, don't fall into the ditch."
Someone shouted and Wen Liang shuddered all over. That’s right, the cliff!
Tang Ye had mentioned the word "cliff" when he asked for help. He had also searched for gullies, mountain streams, deep pits and other places in Mozhuang before, but found nothing. But after looking back, he rarely saw cliffs along the way. Wen Liang grabbed Li Chonggu and said, "Where is the ditch?"
Wen Liang was so focused on getting to Mozhuang when he came here just now that he didn't pay attention to the terrain here. Li Chonggu pointed ahead and said, "There's a four or five meter deep pit at the turn there. It was caused by a landslide when the mountain road was washed away by rain."
Wen Liang walked forward quickly and saw a gully about four or five meters deep, which was right in the middle of the mountain. It would not be easy to find at night unless you shone a light over there.
"Lights, everyone, shine your lights over here!"
Wen Liang's voice trembled in the wind and rain. Li Chonggu understood instantly, his heart in his throat, and he shouted loudly: "Hurry up, shine them all into the pit, quickly!"
Dozens of mining lights shone over, and the situation in the pit was clear at a glance. Apart from the rain and mud, there was no sign of anyone. Wen Liang fell silent, and Li Chonggu was also very disappointed. He forced himself to stay strong and said, "It's far from the town, there's still a chance!"
“Are there any cliffs or something like that ahead?”
Li Chonggu shook his head. Wen Liang suddenly took a step forward and wanted to stretch his head to take a closer look at the bottom of the pit. The dirt road under his feet suddenly cracked and he almost fell in.
“Be careful!”
Li Chonggu was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He pulled Wen Liang back and said, "It's raining too hard. It's not safe here. Let's cross this mountain road first and then slowly look for it!"
Wen Liang broke free from Li Chonggu's hand, his voice indescribably calm in the wind and rain, and said, "Do you have a rope? We are still a few inches away from the edge, and we can only stand on this side in a straight line. There must be a blind spot in our vision. Let's find someone to go down and take a look. It will be more reassuring if there is really no one!"
Although Li Chonggu thought it was unnecessary, he still found a firefighter in the team, tied a rope around his waist, and more than a dozen people pulled the rope tight, put their feet on the earth wall, and slowly slid down to the bottom of the pit.
"Ah... There's a small hole here. Report, there's someone in the hole! Report, we found a target in the hole!"
Wen Liang let out a long sigh. Li Chonggu was overjoyed and waved his hand fiercely, saying, "Send down a few more people!"
Tang Ye was rescued from the bottom of the pit. His body was already soaked, his shin bone was obviously fractured, he had a high fever, and he fell into a coma, but fortunately he was still breathing. He was given a simple treatment at the Beiling Town Health Center, and was sent to Shishan Town on a stretcher without stopping. Then he was taken directly to Qingzhou First People's Hospital by the ambulance that had been waiting for a long time.
Tang Ye felt that she had a strange dream. In the dream, a mountain torrent broke out and she was washed into the belly of a dragon. When she closed her eyes and waited for death, a shiny sharp knife cut open the dragon's belly and rescued her. But when she wanted to look up to see the knife holder, the water suddenly became turbid and she couldn't see clearly.
"Who are you?"
Tang Ye's cracked lips made an inaudible sound, and suddenly someone screamed in his ears, followed by messy footsteps, and then he fell into a complete sleep.
When she opened her eyes again and saw the room full of white, a voice rang out: "You're awake. Your fever has subsided. Don't worry. You're fine. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
She turned her head and saw a beautiful girl in a nurse's uniform. She subconsciously asked, "Where am I?" (To be continued)