The bamboo raft went forward along the river, and after about two hours, as Autumn Beauty had said, they arrived at a shallow beach. Autumn Beauty pointed to a high mountain peak not far away and said: "That is Crane Mouth Peak, unfortunately now you can't see the crane mouth, only this stick is left, and even the name is gone."

  Everyone followed the direction of Autumn's pointing hand and looked over, a mountain peak with almost no characteristics stood here, surrounded by cliffs. After looking several times, they couldn't find any path to climb up. Sun Baozi frowned and turned his face to Autumn, saying: "I'm telling you, Big Beauty, this whole area is all cliffs, like a mirror cut by knives and axes, where's the way in? Haven't you been here for years and got the route mixed up? Should we walk around again?"

  When the leader from the department called himself "Da Mei", Autumn Da Mei's face turned slightly red, pointing to a lush green area on the cliff in front of her: "It's right here, it's just that few people know about this small path, and since it's not walked often, it's been covered up by weeds and vines. However, walking to He Zui Peak is absolutely no problem."

  After finishing speaking, Autumn Beauty ordered the boatman to steer the bamboo raft to the shallow beach. Autumn Beauty jumped onto the shore first and looked in the direction she had just pointed, saying: "Do you see that patch of wisteria? If we go through from below, we can keep going around the cliff and all the way forward is where the leaders want to go, Eagle's Mouth Peak. However, when walking forward, be a bit more careful, there are more wild beasts in this area. In recent years, with more and more tourists coming to the scenic area up ahead, most of the wild beasts from that place have been driven here."

  When Autumn Beauty was speaking, Sun Baozhen and his party also jumped down from the bamboo raft. Following the direction of Autumn Beauty's finger, they walked closer and saw that among the dense vines on the cliff, there was indeed a small gap, which could only be seen by walking closer.

  Sun Baozi followed behind Qiu Dami and said: "Wild beasts? I didn't say it, but in a scenic area, what wild beasts can there be?"

  "When it comes to the name of this reptile, Akane herself feels a bit uneasy. Shrugging her shoulders, she continued: "But not now, I heard my uncle's Taoist priest say that during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were venomous snakes all over the mountains and fields. Later, one night they disappeared cleanly, he said it was so scary that for several years I didn't dare to walk this road alone."

  When Wu Daren heard that there were snakes here, Wu Renyi and Yang Xiao, Yu Hao three people were fine, but Sun Baozi, who had experienced the matter of Jino Shixiong, thought of the scene where Xunuo Shixiong's body was crawling with snakes under his skin, and the muscles on his face began to stiffen. Zhao Mingyuan next to him thought that Sun Baozi was afraid of snakes and immediately came over to say: "Sun, don't listen to children's nonsense, I'm also from near Longhushan, and I've never heard of any snakes here. Mythical stories, which place doesn't have two? They're all used to scare kids."

  After hearing her superior's words, Akiyama didn't feel satisfied and wanted to say something more when she saw that the other person had already walked under the wisteria trellis, a narrow gap that could only fit one person. The appearance of gaps on the cliff wasn't anything unusual, but what was strange was that on the ground at the edge of the gap, there were countless shed snakeskins. When the gentle breeze blew by, they quivered slightly, and at first, she thought that all the things lying on the ground were snakes, but upon closer inspection, she realized that these were all snake moltings.

  At a rough estimate, there are at least tens of thousands of snake skins here. This time it's not just Sun Dawei, but also Zhao Mingyuan and the two small police officers under him who have changed their faces. The snake skins are all hidden here, so how far can those snakes be?

  Zhao Mingyuan's eyes were slightly narrowed, just as he was about to ask Sun Aozi for advice and change routes, even if it meant going a bit further, at least they would arrive safely. However, before he could speak, he saw the two albinos (he had always thought of them that way) who came with Vice Director Sun quietly walking into the crevice in the middle of the cliff, one after the other, without making a sound, treading on the snake skins covering the ground.

  Even the foreigner hesitated for a moment before following the two white-haired men inside. Seeing the three enter, Vice Director Sun reluctantly followed behind the foreigner. At this point, only he and Autumn Beauty were left outside the cliff crevice, along with the two young policemen.

  At this time, Zhao Mingyuan finally reacted and looked at Qiu Dami, saying: "When you came here before, was it also a snake skin all over the place?"

  Dà Měi's eyes widened, staring at the snakeskin on the ground in front of her. Her voice trembled: "So do I dare to go in? I've walked through here from bottom to top dozens of times, and I've never seen anything like this before. Old Zhao, what should we do now? Should we follow them in or just wait here?"

  "Come in!" Zhao Mingyuan said these two words without any hesitation. He was in charge of this reception, and now that everyone had almost disappeared, he was still stuck with the reception. Moreover, Deputy Director Zhao had always suspected that the few people who came from the department were after some big case, and when his superior asked him about the handling of the case later, he would not be able to explain it.

  Zhao Mingyuan said to go in, and the two small policemen could only follow Zhao Deputy Director with a hard scalp, chasing up the leaders of the department. Only Autumn Beauty was still standing outside, hesitating for half a day before she also gritted her teeth and ran in through the gap. At this time, she caught up with the few people in front.

  After entering the gap, this place is also full of snake skins. At first, these few steps were taken with a frightened heart, afraid that one foot would not be stepped on well and would step into a pile of snake skins mixed with one or two venomous snakes. It's not funny to bite back at her. However, later on, nothing unusual was stepped on, and Autumn Beauty's heart was also put at ease, starting to sprint wildly towards the people in front.

  When he saw Da Mei, Sun Baozi smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to come in too, Da Mei. I just said that if not, let Comrade Da Mei wait outside and watch the bamboo raft. I was just about to call out to you when you came in."

  Qiu Dami's face twisted in a bitter smile, just as he was about to speak, Zhao Mingyuan cut him off. Deputy Director Zhao whispered into Sun Baozi's ear: "Sun, give us a straight answer. What brought you few here for this big case? Is there a wanted fugitive hiding on Hezui Peak?"

  "Now that it's come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore." Sun Baozi casually made something up and pointed in the direction of He Muzi Peak, saying: "I suspect that there is a major fugitive hiding above who is wanted for murder. According to his diary, this fugitive was at He Muzi Peak on Mount Longhu ten years ago and hid out for a while. This time he may be hiding here again."

  This remark made Zhao Mingyuan's heart jump, he was a civil servant and usually didn't carry a gun. He immediately turned his head to look around and bypassed another civil servant, Autumn Beauty. Rushing towards the two young police officers, he said: "Which of you has a gun? Lend it to me for now."

  Two young policemen exchanged a glance, and the older one said: "Director Zhao, we weren't even notified that we'd be issued guns for this mission."

  Zhaomingyuan furrowed his brow upon hearing this, and he said: "Then what about the other police equipment?"

  Another small policeman took out a small bottle from his pocket and said to Zhao Mingyuan, "There is also a pepper water spray, will this do?"

  Zhao Mingyuan hesitated for a moment, then brought over the pepper spray and said: "Having it is better than not having it. If things get physical later, you two find a place to hide first."

  After walking along this seam for a while, the front suddenly lit up, and this line of people finally walked out from the gap in the cliff.

  It seemed that the snake skin only existed in the gap that had just passed, and after walking out from inside, there was nothing but weeds on the ground. At this time, Autumn's tightly stretched nerves finally began to relax, she pointed in the direction of HeMao Peak and said: "The front is HeMao Peak, keep going forward, and it will take less than an hour to reach the top of HeMao Peak."

  Sun Pangzi looked at Wu Renyi's body after glancing at the Crane Mouth Peak, and said: "Director Wu, what should we do now?"