Chapter 16: Traces of the Father
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The search started the next morning. After the two of them had breakfast and washed up, they started searching from the village. However, the village was too clear and they thought that the place where red blue grass was planted could not be at someone else's home, so after a general investigation, the two decided to search around the village first.
The environment around the village is actually quite simple, with farmlands, grasslands, and even further away there is a small forest at the foot of the mountain, and then there are endless mountains that the village leans against.
In Zhang Heng's memory, his father was not a qualified hunter. In his very young memory, his father often did not hunt a single prey for several days, but he would bring back a large amount of herbs to dry every day, and then he would get it at the municipal level for sale on the market day. On the contrary, after the prey was harvested, he would boil fat meat and use lean meat to smoke it dry. He would either exchange rice, grain, fruits and vegetables with the villagers, or eat it with mixed grains, and the father and son were only enough to eat it.
According to Zhang Heng's recollection, his father seemed to rarely catch small prey. Although he could catch a prey in several days, in Zhang Heng's memory, it seemed that every time he caught medium and large prey, this could not be achieved by luck alone. It is very likely that his father's strength is quite strong, and even if it is not the quasi-internal power realm, it is probably not much different.
"So, based on what we know now, first of all, your father collects herbs almost every day. In other words, there will be many and very complicated places where he goes, such as cliffs without prey, mountain streams without prey, and deep pools without prey. At the same time, your father can hit big prey every time, and only hit big prey, which proves that your father is not weak. In summary, your father can go to some places that ordinary people cannot go to, and his martial arts are not weak, and his foot strength must be strong. Then the range of people who can go to every day will be larger and wider than ordinary people. By the way, does your father go home every day?"
Zhang Heng recalled carefully and gave a positive answer. As he remembered, his father would go home at dusk that day and the evening that day at the latest, and never had him alone at home to spend the night.
"Since that's the case, let's try it today, and move in one direction according to your current foot strength, then calculate the time, and return to the village at dusk that night, just ending, so as to test how large the range of action is." Hao Qi made the decision immediately, and Zhang Heng also felt that he could test it.
At that moment, the two of them chose a direction on the map and walked with Zhang Heng's foot strength in that direction. Although his father must have looked for herbs and prey while looking for prey, the speed was definitely much slower than them, but this was just a general range test, so he still used this to determine the range.
That's it. The two of them returned to the village at the end of dusk. They marked a point in that direction on the map, followed by another direction on the second day, the third day, the fourth day...
In order to find Zhang Heng's father's range of action more accurately, the two spent a total of ten days, found ten points in different places, and then planned for a circle, which was the limit range of his father's range of action.
After finding this range, the two began a difficult search process. Every day, they set out from the village and began searching within this range, from farmland to grassland, from grassland to forest, from forest to stream, from stream to source, from source to mountains, from mountains to underground. It took two months to search.
In two months, the two of them have never returned to civilized society. After returning to the village every day, they are basically exhausted. Of course, Hao Qi is better, but Zhang Heng is really exhausted. The path he walks every day is probably enough for an ordinary working class to walk for a week. In addition, some places are full of dangers, and there are places that are not manpowerable to climb, thanks to Hao Qi.
Zhang Heng also knew very well that it was really thanks to Hao Qi. Otherwise, even if he could persist in the past two months, he would not be able to do what he has done so he would have almost completed the entire detection circle.
Hao Qi is in the internal force realm, and his internal force seems to be endless. His strength is far beyond Zhang Heng's imagination. Some cliffs that cannot be reached cannot be reached by human power are like walking on flat ground when Hao Qi walks. It is precisely with Hao Qi's help that Zhang Heng can go to those jungles and return to the village safely. At the same time, Zhang Heng's daily journey has exceeded the limit of his body's support, and it is also Hao Qi. He uses internal force to relax his muscles and promote blood circulation every night, which allows Zhang Heng to persevere. At the same time, because Hao Qi's internal force relaxes muscles and promotes blood circulation, he also treats his bloodlines, bone marrow and other places, which also makes Zhang Heng's physical fitness stronger and stronger. Zhang Heng himself can feel that he is getting closer and closer to the level of the quasi-internal force realm.
With all this, Zhang Heng's fear and suspicion gradually decreased. He became more and more suspicious of his original thoughts, and he felt that Hao Qi was unlikely to come to steal information, approach him, and monitor him.
It is said that people know each other but not their hearts, but this premise is that they cannot get along for a long time, because no matter how well they are concealed, there will be a truth here and there. It is not that a person can hide it well, but it is because no one observes him carefully, or observes him with preconceptions and does not believe in the details observed.
However, Zhang Heng had the greatest vigilance towards Hao Qi from the beginning, and was carefully observing Hao Qi's various details at all times, whether it was expressions, languages, movements, or even in recent days, Zhang Heng had deliberately slid on the top of the mountain, not far from Hao Qi's side. When Hao Qi flew to save him, his sincere expression was not false at all.
All of these are challenging Zhang Hengyi's initial affirmation. Hao Qi did not have any falsehood. His expression, expression, language, and subtle movements were all consistent, just like Hao Qi who Zhang Heng saw after the avalanche at the beginning, a man with chivalrous spirit and heroic spirit.
Could it be...
Does Hao Qi really want to help him?
Could it be...
Does Hao Qi really have nothing to do with those who are Sid?
Could it be...
Is there really a hero in this world who can help each other just because of injustice?
If it were Zhang Heng in the past, he would definitely sneer at these recognitions, but now he is not so sure, because he has gradually become familiar with each other in the past two months, and has learned about Hao Qi, and has also seen Hao Qi's passionate and passionate heart. Such a person... cannot be hired as a spy.
What's more, Hao Qi is an internal force realm, and a very strong internal force realm. Although Zhang Heng did not know the strength of the internal force realm, he had seen Hao Qi's strength in these days. He did not believe that every internal force realm would be so powerful. This is simply not in line with the description of the internal force realm strength seen in his books. Such a powerful internal force realm is only nineteen years old. In any case, it is not something that Side can afford, and it is not even something that Baicao Kingdom can afford. If it is only hired for one task, or it is possible for ten days, it is absolutely impossible to make him willingly stay in a small village separated from the prosperity for two and a half months!
What's more, the incident of planting red blue grass by Zhang Heng's father that he said back then has been considered a scam by many people, and even Side and others think it is unlikely. If so, how can Hao Qi be willing to serve Side and deceive Zhang Heng so as to get an impossible information?
These things made Zhang Heng feel less and less convinced of his initial judgment, and he decided to believe it again in the end... He has been betrayed countless times and deceived many times, and trusted him again!
On this day, the two people had almost consumed supplies, and so far, the two had been away for two and a half months, so the two discussed and decided to go back to the capital to replenish supplies first, buy food, buy daily necessities, and also sort out the two and a half months of exploration gains. Perhaps the things they were looking for had actually been found long ago, but they had not recognized them.
That's it. The two of them rode back to the capital that day. After arriving at the capital, they first went to find a restaurant for a big meal. Then, Zhang Heng had to go back to the dormitory to sort out the documents and maps. Anyway, Zhang Heng's dormitory could also be sleeping and tidying, so Hao Qi and Zhang Heng separated here first. He went to find a hotel himself and prepared to take a hot bath. After all, there are no good conditions in the small village to provide hot baths. These days they are dealing with taking a bath in the stream. Hao Qi had long wanted to relax. The two agreed to buy supplies together the next day and then continue to investigate.
In this way, Hao Qi moved into a five-star hotel and opened a luxurious single room. After taking a hot bath, he sat on a chair and drank tea comfortably. Looking at the night of the Capital of Baicao Kingdom outside the window, someone knocked outside his doorman.
Hao Qi opened the doorman in confusion. Outside the doorman, there was a serious and handsome middle-aged man wearing a well-made dress and wearing a pair of beautiful mustaches. The middle-aged man took off his hat first, then lowered his head slightly and said, "For the first time, Mr. Hao Qi, a talented man from the Blue Shadow Republic, I think you have heard of my name, I am..."
“Bachelor Sid.”
Chapter completed!