Hearing Niu Jiangang's response, Chen Jing immediately said: "Uncle Niu, do you think this is OK? You have to go into the mountains to patrol. I want to go into the mountains to observe the wild plants. Why don't you be with me?"

"Together?" Niu Jiangang was stunned.

Chen Jing nodded: "Yes, together, I'm not familiar with the mountains, and I'm afraid of getting lost or encountering any dangers. If you are with you, I can feel at ease."

He had never expected this before, and only realized after meeting Niu Jiangang, the forest ranger.

Even if the ranger is not familiar with the nature reserve in Maoer Mountain, he is definitely very familiar with it. If he can enter the mountain with the other party, he might be able to know some clues from his mouth, and it will be safer even if it is not good.

"This..." Niu Jiangang hesitated a little.

Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Jing smiled and said, "I won't let my uncle accompany me for free. How about I reimburse you for your daily meals?"

"This is the number of a day." Chen Jing stretched out two fingers.

Niu Jiangang's eyes widened and said, "Young man, forget it, let's go together, just let's have someone to talk to."

"There are not many people who are willing to be forest rangers now. A few years ago, they were two people going to the mountains to patrol in groups. Now I am the only one, nothing else is wrong. I am indeed lonely."

Seeing the other party agreeing, Chen Jing smiled and said, "Okay, then thank you uncle. I'll contact you tomorrow morning?"

"No problem."

Afterwards, Chen Jing left Niu Jiangang's contact information and hurried back to the homestay where he stayed.

Because it was too late, Kong Xue had already made many calls.

When Chen Jing came back safely, the eldest sister breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I ordered food for you, let's take a shower first."

Chen Jing nodded, and saw the worry on Kong Xue's face that had not completely disappeared, and hugged her: "Sister Xue, don't worry, the mountains are not that dangerous, and when I came out just now, I met the forest ranger in this area. I agreed with him to enter the mountain together tomorrow."

"The ranger is very familiar with the mountains and is also a caretaker."

After hearing this, Kong Xue felt a lot relieved and asked again: "Then, how long will it take to find Xuan Li? That's about a rough time."

She was indeed a little worried when she was not by her own big boy. Today, Kong Xue did almost nothing, and kept watching the positioning and message Chen Jing sent her every fifteen minutes.

This feeling of fear is quite painful, and Kong Xue also thought Chen Jing could find Xuan Li quickly.

Chen Jing smiled bitterly when he heard this. How could he know when he could find it? But he still said, "It shouldn't be too long."

He didn't want Kong Xue to worry too much.

"Well, come on, come on." Kong Xue opened her mouth to encourage her, and she was praying in her heart.

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The next day, Chen Jingtian got up at dawn, packed up the things in his mountaineering bag, and set off again.

When he reached the intersection of Linshan Road, Chen Jinggang was about to call Niu Jiangang, and saw him coming with an electric car.

"Uncle Niu, it's morning." Chen Jing greeted with a smile.

Niu Jiangang nodded and responded, and said, "You came very early and study hard. My two children don't like studying very much, so I'm so worried."

The two started climbing the mountain while talking and laughing.

Chen Jing found the direction of searching yesterday and said, "Uncle Niu, I have observed some areas yesterday. I have marked them there. Let's go there quickly?"

"Okay."

With Niu Jiangang, a forest ranger who was familiar with this forest, the two of them were moving much faster.

At the same time, Chen Jing began to inquire about the situation of this nature reserve intentionally or unintentionally.

"Uncle Niu, by the way, do we have any strange terrain in our forest? For example, what does it look like?"

Uncle Niu thought after hearing this: "It doesn't seem like this. If it really exists, it will probably be developed into a scenic spot. After all, it's a gimmick."

Chen Jing nodded and asked again: "Is there any legend or story? It's the kind of legend that has been passed down for many years. Some of the mountains and rivers in my hometown have many mysterious legends."

Uncle Niu pulled off a branch from the side, held it in his mouth, and replied: "There are quite a lot of stories when you tell legends. Two years ago, someone said that the mountains were haunted, and you could hear the crying of women and children by passing by."

"The cry of women and children?"

"Yes, the good guys are so terrified that people are panicking, but in fact they are just wild cats calling for spring. Some people say that there are water ghosts in the lake on the hillside in front of them, all of which are nonsense."

"I have been a forest ranger here for more than 20 years, and I have never encountered any gods and ghosts. What is a legend? To put it bluntly, it means that an ordinary thing will be spread more and more mysteriously, and the more it spreads, the more nonsense it becomes."

Chen Jing couldn't help but feel funny: "Uncle Niu, you said this incisively."

Niu Jiangang said again: "But there are also legends that are not nonsense. It was probably in the 2009 years. Some people said they saw the South China tiger in the mountains."

"South China tiger? Didn't it mean it has become extinct in the wild?" Chen Jing asked in surprise.

"Yes, so it's the legend."

"When the news came out, the good guy alarmed a lot of people from relevant departments. He organized people to search in the mountains. After all, if it could be found, it means that the South China tiger was not completely extinct in the wild."

"I was in the search staff at that time. At the beginning, I really found tiger footprints and feces in the mountains. But later I searched the surrounding area several times, but I didn't really find the tiger. Then I'll forget about this."

Chen Jing listened to Niu Jiangang's enthusiastic story, but his heart was sinking.

Has the nature reserve in Maoer Mountain been searched on a large scale?

This was not good news for Chen Jing, because no one found the logo left by the Wei royal family in a large-scale search.

In this case, either the logo left by the royal family of the Wei Kingdom is very hidden, and the changes of time make it even more difficult to find, or it is...

So many scholars made a mistake, and Chen Jing also chose that Zhaoyao Mountain in "Shan Hai Jing" is not the Maoer Mountain today, at least not in the eyes of the Wei royal family back then.

Chen Jing can still accept the previous result.

But he couldn't accept the latter one and couldn't accept it.

In fact, it doesn’t make sense to accept it now, because now, Chen Jing has no chance to repent, so he can only say in his heart: “Maoer Mountain is Zhaoyao Mountain, this is the greatest possibility and it will not be wrong.”

Not long after, Chen Jing and Niu Jiangang walked to the big tree he sat down yesterday, and continued to search for the deeper area forward.

However, because it was an excuse to go into the mountains to observe plants, Chen Jing had to take out his mobile phone from time to time to take pictures of some wild plants while searching.
Chapter completed!