Chapter Forty-Seven: The Ruins of the Kushan Empire

Two hours later, Catherine woke up.

The French girl slept comfortably, and woke up stretching a big lazy waist with a lazy demeanor. Suddenly remembered something, stretched out the palm of the hand and looked, the hand was good, only two small red dots the size of a small needle. On the small red dot, there was a small cross wound, and only iodine was ordered, and it didn't even need to be bandaged. She looked left and right and shook her head, feeling a little inexplicable.

β€œweishenme? How did you get rid of the poison after a sleep? She asked, puzzled. And he said, "I just had a dream about a noble prince of the ancient kingdom of the East, who rode on a white horse and saved me in the great forest. And then, we fell in love......"

Sandra was guarding her, and when she heard this, she smiled dumbly, "I really convinced you, you French are really Lang Lang." Let the snake bite and pass out, you can have such a haode dream. How is this possible, I just gave you a shot of serum and anti-inflammatory drugs. ”

Catherine's eyes widened, as if she had suddenly come to her senses, and thanked her repeatedly.

Hamed, Lana, and the others all laughed good-naturedly at what Sandra said.

"You're lying to me."

Catherine thought about it and didn't give up, she shook her head, "When I was unconscious, was it really you who saved me?" I was bitten by a snake and it was a handsome prince of the East who saved me. Then, he kissed me. I remember very well that he had a mole under his mouth with short hairs on it. He also hugged me affectionately and touched me......"

Sandra let the Frenchman beat, and at the same time a little frightened. He had to say, "Do you think I look like your prince?" ”

Catherine reluctantly went back to work, Sandra took Hamed, hurriedly walked into the basement, pulled Liu Guodong to take a look, a little under the lower lip, sure enough, there was a black mole. In the middle of the mole, there are really two beards. Although it has been trimmed, it can reveal a small point, and it is really prickly.

"Sister, what's the situation?" Liu Guodong was puzzled, and everyone looked at her puzzled.

Shandra recounted the scene just now, and raised her hand to slap him, "Little thing, can't you really be a prince in your last life?" Are you fated to that French girl? ”

In the laughter of everyone, Liu Guodong, who was untouched, blushed, "Sister, what are you talking about, I'm not interested in white Europeans." My little princess is waiting for me in Indochina, don't believe me, you ask the pillars! ”

"What little princess?" Shandra looked at Lin Zhumin with a puzzled expression.

", dreaming of marrying a daughter-in-law!" Before Lin Zhumin could speak, Lin Tao told Sandra about the spring dream he had in the coffin during the training camp.

"God, the two of them have the same dream, it's so legendary!" Shandra looked at Liu Guodong in surprise with her big beautiful eyes.

For several days, day and night, there was no abnormal movement at all. But Mao Yankai did not doubt Yu Songyuan's judgment at all, the quieter he was, the higher his heart hung in the air.

An investigation into the summer inn yielded nothing.

In Peshawar, most hotels are located in the new town. This inn in the old town is a small and medium-sized inn with a long history, more than a hundred years old. The old houses and dilapidated facilities all record its glorious era, the gathering of past merchants, and the distant and crisp camel bells.

But now, it is old, and it mainly receives sporadic individual visitors.

The environment of this hotel is not good, and it is surrounded by old dormitory buildings. There is also a large bazaar next to it, and the sound of the crowd in the bazaar is faintly heard.

When checking the hotel register, Lin Zhumin only said that it was from ISI, and the old man of the Halal country who opened the hotel enthusiastically took out the ledger and did not dare to keep it at all. Lin Zhumin found that people from different countries had lived here for a long time, including volunteers, tourists, and businessmen, and one of them, an old man named Zhiming, had lived here for three years. But since March of this year, he has disappeared all at once, and he doesn't even want his tattered luggage.

On the hill in the northwestern suburbs marked by the "Inoue Road Map", although there are no tiles left, a barren area, and the hill is overgrown with plants, Liu Guodong can still see at a glance that this is the site of a huge Buddhist temple. In many places, there are caverns made with mechanical drilling tools.

"Judging from the architectural remains, it is certain that this is the site of a monastery that was in the prevalence of Buddhism before the entry of Islam. The scale of the temple is very grand, and the building is extremely luxurious, which is comparable to a large temple of such a scale as the White Horse Temple in Luoyang during the Tang Dynasty in China. Because it was suddenly annihilated in the flames of war, it should be very rich in underground cultural relics. Liu Guodong said affirmatively.

The remains of a man were found on a small flat plot of ground at the back of the ruins, behind a nearby bush. Liu Guodong judged that the time of death should have been a few months ago, due to the high temperature, there was no flesh left, only a skeleton remained. At the edge of the flat ground, there is a bottomless deep hole with a diameter of forty or fifty centimeters, Liu Guodong said, "There was originally a pagoda here, and this robbery hole should be used to find the underground palace." ”

"The dungeon? You mean the underground palace where the bones of the monks are buried? Lin Tao asked.

"Yes. This is located at the back of the ruins and is supposed to be the place where the bones of the monks are buried. Liu Guodong said with certainty. Boss, it is now almost certain that this 'Inoue road map' is actually a treasure map of a tomb robbery group that Molotov discovered to steal cultural relics from Peshawar. ”

"In this way, this is actually a Buddhist cemetery, so isn't there a number of underground palaces? Aren't there some treasures in there? Lin Zhumin asked excitedly.

"What are you excited about, in theory. After the monk is seated, his ashes are usually stored in a treasure letter or other Buddhist tokens. Then, build an underground palace under the stupa and store the ashes in the underground palace forever. ”

Lin Tao said, "In other words, there are countless treasures buried in the ground here, and these people are here to steal the underground cultural relics?" ”

"Exactly. Haven't you seen some of the thieves? There are all kinds of ages, no matter in Shijie's country, tomb robbing is a secret 'profession'. Peshawar authorities should strengthen the protection of underground cultural relics! ”

Seeing Liu Guodong take out the rope, Yu Songyuan asked, "Do you want to go down and have a look?" ”

"This cavern was blown up with explosives, and I estimate that since Molotov discovered this place and seized the Buddha statue, it is likely that the underground palace has been stolen, but it is not complete. Peshawar was affected by the war, and no one cared about the preservation of cultural relics. Since we are here, I want to go down and have a look, and I should make some contribution to Pakistan and Railway. ”

Yu Songyuan looked at his watch, "Okay, but pay attention to safety." ”

Lin Zhumin and Lin Tao pulled the rope, and Liu Guodong put on a gas mask and slowly put it down. The cave is about ten meters deep, and although it is located on a hill, it is extremely humid inside. At the bottom, a corpse that had been turned into a skeleton was found, apparently killed by a grenade, with mutilated bones.

After careful inspection, it turned out that it was killed by a man-made mine.

A horizontal robbery hole appeared next to the corpse, and after climbing about five or six meters, it came to a stone wall. The stone wall had been destroyed by explosives, and Liu Guodong carefully checked it, and at the entrance of the hole that was blown up, there were two sets of artificial mines. Judging from the setting method, it was done by specially trained people.

He carefully defused the explosive device and then drilled inside, and inside it was indeed a dungeon.

It is a small stupa underground palace with an intact stone vault and is very solid. The robbery cave is entered from the side wall of the underground palace, and the white marble door is intact. The stone letter where the bones of the monks are stored is still intact, and there are still a large number of gold and silverware, glassware, porcelain, stone ware, and pearl and jade gems in the underground palace, about 100 pieces (grains), as well as traces of woodware, lacquerware, parchment scrolls, and textiles.

Liu Guodong was overjoyed by these discoveries, and he didn't stay too long, just picked up a pure gold stupa, and then in the middle part of the tunnel, re-set the thunder, and returned to the ground. "Boss, there is a major discovery, the treasures in the underground palace, except for the reclining Buddha, the rest should be there, and they are priceless. Let Sister Lala notify the Peshawar Cultural Relics Department as soon as possible to receive and protect these cultural relics. Liu Guodong said excitedly.

Yu Songyuan said, "Shijie countries have a group of people who live in Peshawar all year round and search for cultural relics. There are also some theft syndicates that secretly dig up underground cultural relics in Peshawar. And this theft organization was unlucky enough to meet Molotov, two people were killed, and the drawings were seized. ”

"The person who was killed by the explosion below probably climbed up and happened to bump into the 'lightning', fell down in a panic, and happened to hit the trick mine he had set up."

Returning to the Abar Trading Company, Sandra quickly informed the Peshawar Department of Antiquities and took over the artefacts. Liu Guodong repeatedly reminded that there were tricky mines set up in the tunnel, and it was necessary to pay attention to demolition.

But Yu Songyuan looked at the sand table of the "Inoue Road Map", and there were more questions.

The underground palace has been opened, and there are so many rare cultural relics in it, Molotov is not interested in cultural relics, and he is not interested in the treasures in the underground palace, which is understandable. But after the thief Weishenme encountered and attacked by "Lightning", he no longer continued to steal the priceless artifacts in the underground palace? What happened to make them give up their greed for rare treasures?

Is this old man named "Zhiming" one of the bandits killed by "lightning"? It is unlikely that the robbers will be the two, so are the other members of this treasure hoarding group still hiding in Peshawar? Could they be the same group as the attacker of the Abar Trading Company? Is there a connection between "Zhiming" and "Inoue", is it a person or a group of people? Are they really just in Peshawar for the Taobao?

There are many spies from Peshawar countries, and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find an opponent from them that threatens the safety of trading companies and brother squads. But Yu Songyuan still had a strong feeling that the disappearance of this old man named Zhiming and the abnormal behavior of the treasure thief group made him suspect that this organization might have a political background.

He had a strong feeling that this secret organization in the name of treasure theft and treasure hunting was likely to be an opponent that could not be ignored in the brothers' team's operation through the Western Regions. Treasure theft and treasure hunting may just be a means for them to hide their identities. Moreover, they are getting closer and closer to the brother squad.

"From now on, there will be a first-level alert at night, and everyone will be on guard!"

Yu Songyuan judged that the brother team did not move, and the other party should also be curious to "take a look".