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I turned the paper tube upright, followed it with one hand at the mouth of the tube, and slowly poured out the contents of the tube.

Me, Zhang Meng, and Xiaopang looked at it, and it was a roll of sheepskin-like things.

"I said it smelled of stinky skin, it turned out to be a roll of sheepskin." Zhang Meng said.

Chubby didn't speak, staring at the scroll and frowning carefully, as if thinking about something.

I slowly unfolded the parchment, and a picture gradually appeared in the parchment, which was similar to a topographic map of mountains and rivers, with some lines drawn on it, and some words were marked between the dots of the lines, and the strange thing was that these lines and words did not seem to be drawn with ink, but were very thin, and the color was dark blue, as if infiltrated in this parchment, and these words were not Chinese characters, a bit like the characters in Xinjiang, but they were not exactly the same as the characters in Xinjiang in our impression. At the end of the scroll, the line points to a place where what appears to be the sun, with water ripples underneath the sun, and in the sun is drawn two fish, which are combined head and tail relative to each other.

"A map?" I took the parchment roll and wondered.

Zhang Meng stared at the two big eyes, his mouth was open, his eyes showed excitement, and he said excitedly: "Could it be a treasure map?" ”

"It looks a little like it, but I can't read the words on it, and I don't know where the end is," I said, "but the parchment looks quite old." Probably an ancient map. ”

I saw that Chubby on the side didn't speak, staring at the parchment roll as if thinking about something, this is not like Chubby's usual style, Chubby usually sees such a thing, his first reaction must be to be excited to find a magnifying glass, either smashing to find treasure according to the map, or smashing to estimate the price to sell, but this time there is no reaction, as if thinking about something.

I coughed and said to Chubby, "Chubby." How not to speak. What do you think? Do you know what is drawn on this parchment? ”

When Xiaopang heard me ask him, he seemed to have just come back to his senses and said, "Brother Dong, this is not a parchment roll. ”

"What? Not a parchment roll? Zhang Meng and I were both a little surprised: "What's that?" ”

"It's a map of human skin," Chubby said.

Listen to what Chubby said. I'm excited. Hands trembled. The human skin map fell on the table, and Zhang Meng shuddered.

Zhang Meng and I were so shocked that we didn't speak for a while, and after a while. After relieving his strength, Zhang Meng said: "Fat guy, are you making fun of our brothers again, how do you know that this thing is human skin?" ”

"Believe it or not", Xiaopang said: "My dad and my uncle are both Taishan Beidou in the inverted bucket line, I grew up under the influence of their two elders, and I don't recognize this thing?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Meng and I were still skeptical, Xiaopang explained: "Actually, there is no fuss, in ancient times, before the invention of paper, bamboo slips and silk silk were generally used to record things, but these recording methods have drawbacks, bamboo slips are too heavy, not easy to carry, and it is not hard enough to remember something, and silk silk is very valuable at that time, ordinary people can't afford it, on the other hand, it is not easy to preserve, easy to mold, in the West, there are also animal fur to record things, such as sheepskin or something, But these furs are easily moth-eaten, and China uses brushes, so it is very difficult to record things on these furs, and the ink color will fall off after a little time, so China basically does not use animal fur as a recording carrier. In ancient China, some strange people came up with a way, that is, under special circumstances, to tattoo important things on their bodies, so that it is easy to record, and important things can be recorded anytime and anywhere, and the concealment is strong, and they are not afraid of being stolen by others...... Isn't this the truth that in the biography of the Condor Heroes written by Jin Yong, Mei Chaofeng's husband Chen Xuanfeng tattooed the stolen Nine Yin True Scripture on his chest...... Therefore, for some hidden things, ancient people will stab themselves on their bodies, after death, the human skin is peeled off, after special treatment, soaked in the potion, it will not be moth-eaten, and the preservation time is long, so, some ancient dense scrolls, maps or something are sometimes preserved with human skin, I saw this kind of thing once or twice when I was young, I just looked at it carefully, this is indeed a volume of human skin map. ”

Zhang Meng and I are stupid, it's not easy for this ancient person to remember something, and he really dares to write a book, I'm really glad to have an ipad or something now.

Looking at this volume of human skin map, I still have a very different heart, I dare not touch it again, Xiao Fat is full of care, picked up the human skin map that fell on the table, and said to himself: "This Pisces pattern looks a little familiar, and I can't remember what it is for a while." ”

Although Zhang Meng was a little scared when he heard that it was made of human skin at the beginning, he couldn't resist the temptation of the treasure, so he came to Xiaopang and watched it with Xiaopang, but the two of them couldn't see anything famous.

"It looks like we're going to have to find someone to give me some pointers," Chubby said.

"Where to find such a master", Zhang Meng was a little worried.

"Far away in front of you", I said, "Isn't your dad a master?" ”

After I reminded him, Zhang Meng suddenly realized and patted his head: "Damn, yes, why did I forget my father." ”

Zhang Meng's father is a professor in the Department of History, and has a deep knowledge in the study of ancient characters, and is also involved in literary and antiques.

But after tossing for most of the night, our brothers and sisters are very tired, even if there is the temptation of treasure and the urgency to explore the secret at this time, I chatted with Xiaopang and Zhang Meng and fell asleep, and did not wake up until noon the next day, and Chubby's mother had prepared lunch for us.

Fortunately, the three of us are all "idlers", Xiaopang is the so-called private detective, he can't take the job himself, and the time can be allocated freely, and Zhang Meng and I have nothing to do recently because there is not much business in the store. It was enough to have buddies Xiao Feng and Ermao staring at the store, so after lunch, we took the human skin map and drove straight to Zhang Meng's house.

According to Zhang Meng, his father has been teaching graduate students recently, has classes in the morning, and usually prepares papers at home in the afternoon to participate in the Chinese Historical Research Conference in the next few days.

I know Zhang Meng's father very well. You don't have to see outside. Zhang Meng introduced Xiaopang, and my uncle let us into the house.

After entering the house, Zhang Meng couldn't wait to take out the paper tube and said to his uncle, "Dad." We recently got something. I don't know where it came from. You give the appraisal, there are still some words on it that you can't understand, you can translate it. He said. Zhang Meng took out the human skin map from the paper tube and handed it to his uncle.

Zhang Meng's father is worthy of being a professor in the Department of History, and he is really an expert, just took the map, and before he opened it, there was light in his eyes, and he hurriedly put on his reading glasses and asked, "Where did you get this thing?" It's a rarity. ”

"This origin is too complicated, don't ask, you can help see what is drawn on it, what is marked by those words." Zhang Meng said.

Xiaopang added on the side: "Uncle, as far as I can see, this scroll looks very much like a human skin map of the Northern Wei Dynasty, you can always identify it." ”

Uncle raised his eyes and looked at Xiaopang, nodded in approval, and then slowly opened the human skin map, took a magnifying glass and looked carefully, I, Xiaopang, Zhang Meng stretched their necks next to me, held their breath and watched, only to see that my uncle couldn't help but flutter when he saw the things in the scroll, showing a surprised expression, leaning forward with his head and magnifying glass, which were almost pasted on the human skin map, sometimes frowning, sometimes widening his eyes, and after seeing enough of a meal, he slowly raised his head, put down the magnifying glass, and took off his reading glasses.

"What the hell do you think this is?" I, Zhang Meng, and Xiaopang couldn't wait, almost in unison, to ask.

"As this fat classmate said just now, this is indeed a human skin map", the uncle took a sip of tea.

I was amused in my heart, seeing that my uncle had an occupational disease, and called Xiaopang a fat classmate.

"But this is an imitation, not of human skin, but of South American baboon skin, which, in my opinion, should be no earlier than the fifties of the last century," said the uncle.

Hearing my uncle say this, Zhang Meng, Xiaopang and I were all deflated, and it was a fake for a long time.

But then the uncle's words changed sharply and said, "Although it is an imitation, the content on it is surprising. ”

Hearing my uncle say this, our brother immediately came to the spirit again.

The uncle continued: "What this fat classmate just said is right, in terms of style, this scroll imitates the handscroll of the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

Seeing that his uncle praised him, Xiaopang was a little proud, and helped to add: "The handscroll is similar to our modern pocket book, which is easy to carry." ”

Uncle nodded, and then said: "This scroll records the map of the Western Regions during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the text marked on it is the Tocharian script of the Western Regions, which has been circulated for a very short time, and is still in the research stage for this kind of writing. ”

As soon as my uncle mentioned ancient characters, he gushed endlessly: "In ancient times, the Western Regions referred to as Xinjiang, which is now Xinjiang, is the meeting place of Eastern and Western cultures, and in ancient times, Xinjiang had more than 20 languages and scripts in addition to Chinese, which shows that there was a rich and colorful civilization here. For example, some of the representative, such as the Gandha language, expressed the Gandhara language, which was the official language of the Kushan Kingdom at the beginning of the Common Era, introduced to Khotan in the second century, and gradually abandoned in the fifth century, becoming a dead script, also known as the 'Western Regions Dead Book', which is one of the earliest scripts in Xinjiang. Then there is Tocharian, which is divided into two dialects, one is Yanqi and the other is Qiuzi, which is closer to the western Indo-European languages, indicating that the speakers of this language came from Europe, which has been proved by archaeological excavations in Loulan and other places. And Khotanese ......"

Uncle still wanted to go on, but Zhang Meng hurriedly stopped: "Dad, you are teaching again, we don't care about these, let's talk about what the Pisces pattern in this map represents?" What is the marking? (To be continued.) )

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