Chapter 21: Gu Yu Luwen

Starting again, the mix of personnel has changed -

Wei Zao and Pawan are still at the forefront.

Behind is Bubu and Zhang Hui.

Behind them are Pulp and Xu Ergo.

Behind are Bai Xinxin, Yi Wu and Meng Xiaoshuai.

Finally, me, the Outside, and Four Eyes.

Thanks to the sunny weather, if there is a sandstorm, our lives are hanging by a thread.

The outside of the number still did not speak, and kept looking out the window.

I didn't speak either, I drove silently.

The salt crust is getting harder and harder to walk, and the car is crawling completely.

What is he doing with a metal detector?

Perhaps he checked the information, the ancient country of Loulan in the depths of Lop Nur was once the throat of the Silk Road. There is also the earth wall, which was a famous land and water wharf in the Han Dynasty, and it was very prosperous.

Now, all that prosperity has been swallowed up by the reckless yellow sand.

Legend has it that some people have entered Lop Nur to explore, and have picked up bronze coins, bronze mirrors, bronze ware, etc., and even jade Buddha beads.

Extraordinary: Dreaming of finding artifacts with a detector?

I tried to ask him a few times, but I swallowed it back.

Suddenly, I thought that there are mysterious tombs hidden in the depths of Lop Nur from 3,800 years ago, such as the Xiaohe Ancient Tomb, with hundreds of dead trees inserted on the yellow sand, which is very strange.

In October 2004, the director of the Uyghur Nationality of the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology, Yidilis, led people to excavate the Xiaohe tomb for the first time, and excavated a thousand coffins, one of which was called the eternal beauty, the Europa race, she maintained a smiling expression, thousands of years, and her eyelashes were clear......

Could it be that the others are here to rob the tomb?

At this time, there was a dangerous situation in front, a big slope, all soft sand, Wei Zao's car climbed up, Bubu's car climbed up, and the pulp juice's car also climbed up, Bai Xinxin's RV increased the throttle, climbed to a halfway stop, and then retreated, I was thinking about something, seeing that the tail of the RV hit my front of the car, I quickly braked, "bang", the two cars still collided together, the RV extinguished the fire and stopped.

I quickly jumped out of the car.

Bai Xinxin also jumped down, and he said, "Boss Zhou, I'm sorry." ”

I said, "I was the one who rear-ended." Why don't we call the insurance company and ask them to come out on the spot? ”

Bai Xinxin said: "Still in the mood to joke? What a general's demeanor! ”

I said, "If the car is not injured in the slightest, it is not considered to have been to Lop Nur." Walk. ”

Bai Xinxin got into the car, lit the fire, and continued to climb.

This time, I reversed the car backwards.

Bai Xinxin rushed up again, stopped at the top of the slope for a few seconds, and then retreated again.

I quickly put up reverse gear to dodge the behemoth, but it was too late, and the inertia made it faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it hit the front of my car again.

The cars in front of them stopped, and Wei Zao ran over and shouted, "Do you need to drag it?" ”

Bai Xinxin got out of the car and said to him, "No, I'll stretch the distance and rush again." Then he said to me, "Come on, just to be on the safe side, go up first." ”

I said, "Okay. If I can't go up either, I'll take revenge. ”

I got in the car, increased the throttle, and rushed on. Drive a section forward to prevent him from rushing up and chasing me, and then I get out of the car to see him.

He climbed into the car and exited a few dozen meters backwards.

Slipped down twice, Yi Wu was already scared enough, her face turned white, and she clung to the handrail.

I didn't see Meng Xiaoshuai, so it is estimated that she is sleeping soundly.

This time, Bai Xinxin stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the RV screamed "whining", rushed up, and finally climbed up this big slope.

The convoy moved on.

I used to compare Lop Nur to a huge house, and now I feel like its owner is staring at me from all sides.

I suddenly said, "Extra." ”

He said, "Huh? ”

I said, "Do you have a metal detector in your backpack?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and only spoke for a long time: "Yes - there is a ......"

I said, "Can you tell me what you're doing with it in Lop Nur?" ”

He said: "When - the antenna." ”

I looked back at him: "What antenna?" ”

He said, "If we get lost and the radio has no signal, it can be used as a dayline." ”

I said, "Can a metal detector have a natural line?" ”

He said: "Plugging it on the radio station and receiving it is very good – very good!" ”

I said, "The first time I've heard that radio waves are metals?" ”

"I've done it through trial and error," he said, "and it's my own invention – my own development. ”

I thought for a moment and said, "I thought you were going to use it to rob the tomb." ”

He said, "Tomb robbing? That's not my love – hobby. ”

I said, "I like tomb robbing." ”

He said, "Really? ”

I said, "I've always longed for it, but I just didn't have a chance." Oh, by the way, we're going to make a fire at noon, and we're going to look for a lighter in your backpack, and then I saw the detector, and you're sleeping, and I'm thinking, if you're planning to rob the grave, I'm in good company. ”

He said: "The tomb is lifeless, all kinds of hauntings, and you don't get scared to get into it—you are scared to death!" ”

I said, "You've read too many tomb robbery novels." ”

It seems that the Outer Horn is really not a tomb robber.

At about 7 p.m., the first Cherokee stopped again.

I thought it was malfunctioning again, so I picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Wei Zao: "Wei Zao, what's wrong?" ”

Wei Zao said: "I saw a thing......"

The entire convoy stopped.

It was just me and Pulp got out of the car, stepped on the uneven sand and gravel, and walked over.

Wei Zao and Pawan both got out of the car, and they were gesturing and talking about something.

Pulp and I walked up to them and saw a wooden sign in the middle of the road. In fact, it can't be called a road, just a few looming ruts.

This wooden plaque is about a meter high, a palm wide and an inch thick, and it has decayed to the point that it is not visible, and there are words engraved on both sides, which are faintly visible. My job is to deal with words, but they are so weird that they are not Chinese characters, they are not English, and they are not like the languages of any ethnic group.

Wei Zao said, "What does this mean? ”

I looked at it again and again, shaking my head.

Yiwu, who has always been unsociable, actually got out of the car and came over.

She came to the wooden sign, crouched down, and looked at the words on the wooden card over and over again, and her eyes flashed with some kind of religious obsession.

Subsequently, Bubu also came over.

She looked at the words and said, "I guess......"

All eyes were on her.

She looked at it again and said, "Maybe it's Gulu Script." ”

I said, "What text?" ”

She corrected, "Oh, Gu Lu Wen. ”

It seems that she also saw it from books, so she turned the words upside down.

I said, "Do you know?" ”

"I don't know," she said. This kind of writing is so ancient that it has only been found in the Xiaohe Tomb, written from right to left, and is a dialect of the Elite Kingdom. The Elite Kingdom is one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, and it has long since disappeared. It is said that when Tang Xuanzang went to learn the scriptures, he passed through Central Asia, and occasionally heard people say this kind of writing, and later, he met a monk in North India, that person was actually studying this kind of writing, Tang Xuanzang learned from him for a few days, but he only mastered some simple phonics methods, and was not very familiar with it...... I guess no one knows what it means anymore. ”

I said, "Aren't you studying the history of the party?" How do you know so much about paleographies? ”

She said: "Hey, I just checked some relevant information before I came, and I saw it occasionally. ”

Gu Yan Luwen.

It is as unfathomable as this desert.

Wei Zao said: "It's so precious, I want to bring it, it must be very valuable!" As he spoke, he bent down to pull it out.

I stopped him: "Wei Zao, don't touch it." ”

Wei Zao straightened up and said, "Why? ”

I said, "Because we don't know what it's written about." ”

Wei Zao said, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

I said, "Trust me. ”

Wei Zao said: "Then I'll take a picture." ”

He pulled out his phone and snapped it.

"Why can't you touch it? You don't want it, I want it. ”

I looked back, and Bai Xinxin walked over. He walked up to the wooden plaque and looked at it, and said, "This thing should be considered a cultural relic." ”

I said, "Have you ever seen a wooden artifact?" ”

He didn't even look at me: "At least it's something from Lop Nur, and you can always show off when you go back." As he spoke, he pulled it out, and he didn't know how deep the wooden card was buried, and he couldn't pull it out after a few pulls.

I said, "Bai Xinxin, don't touch it, okay?" ”

Bai Xinxin looked at me, a little annoyed: "Why do you listen to everything?" Are we the army? Are we here on a mission? Are you our chief? We must listen to your commands? Can't take away a stitch and a thread? Can't look around? - This team is weird from the start! ”

We finally rubbed the ** smell in Lop Nur.

Wei Zao stopped shooting, he put his phone up and watched quietly.

I said, "You're so excited, everything I do, it's for the sake of the team......"

Bai Xinxin's voice suddenly became louder: "Everyone traveled through Lop Nur together, they all came out to play, and everyone has their own needs and goals. If you see a bundle of bills, you won't let you pick them up? If two people have a travel romance, you don't allow them to fall in love? There is still a long way to go, I advise you, it is better to think of yourself as a member of the team, rather than a leader! Do you think your name is Boss Zhou, and that is Big Brother? ”

I said, "Bai Xinxin, I don't think I'm a big brother, I just want to be a big brother and take everyone out of Lop Nur smoothly!" ”

He said, "Will it not go well if I bring this wooden sign?" It's okay, then I'll kick it. ”

After saying that, he really kicked it, and the wooden sign broke with a "click".

Bubu stepped forward to pull him and was thrown away by him. He stepped on the wooden sign several times in succession until he stepped into the sand.

Meng Xiaoshuai woke up, she heard a quarrel between us here and ran over.

I said, "Bai Xinxin, you don't want to treat me as a big brother, but I remind you that if you do something next that endangers everyone's safety, I, as a member of the team, will never agree to you." ”

He stared at me aggressively and asked, "What can you do?" ”

Meng Xiaoshuai stood behind Bai Xinxin, pushed him with his elbow, and whispered, "Brother, what are you doing?" Get back! ”

This move revealed that Meng Xiaoshuai was emotionally closer to Bai Xinxin.

I said, "You can try." ”

Bai Xinxin sneered, turned around and strode away.

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Boss Zhou, don't be like him. ”

After speaking, she ran to Bai Xinxin.

Pulp snorted and said, "That's the hookup." ”

Wei Zao walked over and whispered, "Boss Zhou, don't care, I understand you." ”

Bubu also said: "He is too tired to drive, otherwise he would not be so irritable." ”

I said, "It's okay, let's go." ”

Everyone got into the car.

Meng Xiaoshuai said a few words to Bai Xinxin, and then she came over to replace the juice.

Pulp got back into my car and sat in the passenger seat.

He asked me, "Look—what do you see?" ”

I said, "A text mummy." ”

He said, "Mummy? ”

I said, "It's just a metaphor." ”

After driving past the wooden sign, I looked at it in the mirror, and it had become two pieces, lying quietly in the sand, as if a pair of eyes were on two faces, staring at our convoy.

What do those words mean?

Signpost?

Ballad?

Warn?

Incantations?

As he walked, Pulp Juice suddenly said, "I know Gu Lu Wen." ”