Chapter 34: Ghost Ride
War horses and samurai in scale armor! Is that my own dazzle?
Bai Zhongzheng squatted in front of the tent entrance, and it took more than ten seconds for such a thought to appear in his mind, and then he climbed out, and looked at the position where the previous war horse had run for the first time, and looked all the way, but did not find any horseshoe prints.
Maybe it's really you who are dazzled? Bai Zhongzheng took a deep breath, opened his mouth wide and breathed, letting the mint smell in his mouth overflow, making himself more sober, just as he was doing this, he felt a shadow in the forest in front of him flickering, he fixed his eyes and found that the samurai still riding a war horse was shuttling there, the speed was very fast, and it seemed to be flying in the clouds.
What the hell is this thing? Bai Zhongzheng was much calmer this time, he decided to go to Guo Hongkui, because Kui Ye was well-informed and must know what this thing was, but the moment he turned around, he saw that a war horse had rushed to him, and at the same time, the warrior seemed to have picked up the horse lance in his hand and stabbed him hard!
Bai Zhongzheng couldn't avoid it, so he had to subconsciously raise his arms and try to grab the stabbing horse lance, but at the same time, he knew that even if he caught it, he would be directly knocked away by the war horse, but it was too late, and he couldn't avoid it at all!
Bai Zhongzheng roared lightly, opened his arms and grabbed it, both hands obviously grabbed the back end of the horse's lance spear head, but the moment he grabbed it, he grabbed it empty, and at the same time, he clearly saw that the war horse passed directly through his body......
Bai Zhongzheng stood there motionless, maintaining the posture of grabbing the horse lance, at the same time, Guo Hongkui in the jungle was running towards his position, and at the moment when Guo Hongkui was about to run, he suddenly found that the curtains at the entrance of the other two tents were lifted, and he had to lie behind a tree.
Because of Bai Zhongzheng's previous light roar, the originally extremely sensitive torture technique and Yan Gang woke up at the same time, and when they opened their eyes and looked outside the tent, they both saw the shadows of the war horses and warriors printed on the tent cloth, and immediately got out of the sleeping bag and rushed out, and the moment they came out, although they didn't see anything that flashed by before, they saw Bai Zhongzheng standing there in a strange posture!
"What's wrong?" The torture technique rushed over, and Yan Gang pulled out the dagger and held it in his hand, guarding the surroundings.
Bai Zhongzheng came back to his senses, looked at the torture technique, and pointed in the direction where the war horse was running: "War horse, samurai!" ”
"What?" The torture technique frowned, and Yan Gang also turned his head to look at Bai Zhongzheng, but after Bai Zhongzheng said this, the two of them immediately linked the shadow that had been printed on the tent cloth with the war horse and the warrior - it did look like it!
Bai Zhongzheng subconsciously glanced at the location where Guo Hongkui was lurking, and made sure that he was not exposed, so he told what happened before, and then nodded vigorously to himself: "I am definitely not dazzled, it must be a war horse and a samurai, I can see it very clearly!" ”
Yan Gang frowned and looked at Bai Zhongzheng, although he didn't say anything, he also showed an expression of "you must be asleep", and at the same time questioned whether Bai Zhongzheng would be a ghost because of this.
The torture technique looked at the direction Bai Zhongzheng pointed and said, "Is it in that direction?" South? ”
"Yes!" Bai Zhongzheng nodded, "South, it's weird, it's exactly the location of the Termite Nest Death Gate!" ”
Yan Gang was still frowning, completely incomprehensible, and asked tentatively: "You are talking about the Death Gate, the Death Gate of the Eight Gates in the Qimen Dunjia?" If I'm not mistaken, it also happens to be south. ”
Bai Zhongzheng walked forward, looked at the bones that were dug up, and counted with his fingers: "Hugh, Sheng, Injury, Du, Jing, Death, Shock, and Open These eight doors correspond to the east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest, and the names of each gate are determined according to the nature and characteristics of the five elements of yin and yang and the hexagram after being incorporated into the nine palacesThis acupuncture point of the termite nest is also found in accordance with the unique calculation method of Qimen Dunjia, and there can be no deviation in every step, the so-called door of death is the fierce star, and the fierce star lands ......"
Speaking of this, Bai Zhongzheng suddenly became dumb, he realized something, turned around and rushed into the tent, the torture technique and Yan Gang did not know why, followed him to the entrance of the tent, and found that he actually grabbed the shovel and ran towards the south, saying as he ran: "Wrong, miscalculated!" ”
Torture chased after him and asked, "What's wrong!?" ”
"I miscalculated, really miscalculated, I was out of direction in a certain position before, I miscalculated!" Bai Zhongzheng took the compass and calculated there as he ran, and then walked ten or so steps towards the south, stopped and moved seven or eight steps sideways, "The murderous star landed on both heads!" I miscalculated, it should be the other way around! ”
As he spoke, Bai Zhongzheng waved a shovel and dug down, and after digging for a long time, he really dug up a pair of bones.
Bai Zhongzheng looked at the bones and said: "The person who buried the bones set up a bureau a few decades ago, and let people who understand termite nests and Qimen Dunjia go in the opposite direction, so that they will deviate from the correct direction, you go and get shovels and tools, we have to do it overnight, I think the previous warriors and war horses must be related to termite nests." ”
"What's the connection?!" Yan Gang immediately asked, now half-convinced.
"Don't ask so much, go get the tools first!" Bai Zhongzheng said urgently.
The torture technique immediately said: "I'll go get the tools, Yan Gang will go back to guard the others first, and they haven't woken up yet." ”
"No need to ......" Bai Zhongzheng remembered something after speaking, and changed his words, "Okay, Yan Gang will go and guard, and the two of us will dig." ”
Bai Zhongzheng's change of words made the torture technique realize something, but the torture technique didn't say it, just followed Yan Gang back to get the tools, and after leaving Yan Gang, he returned to Bai Zhongzheng's position and began to dig up according to Bai Zhongzheng's instructions.
Bai Zhongzheng said while digging: "Termite nests must have other functions, it's not that simple, I don't think it has anything to do with feng shui." ”
"Why?" Torture asked.
"It's very simple, where is there a burial to the door of death? Isn't that hurting yourself? Furthermore, if you think about it, no matter how the people in Tunzi made it up at the beginning, how could they really make up 111 people who were directly related by blood? Therefore, I think this is just a deliberate misunderstanding, so that the people who find out about this matter think that it is just a crazy move of the cult and will not dig deep into the secrets. Bai Zhongzheng stopped and continued to think, but he didn't expect that at this time, the torture technique said another sentence.
The torture technique suddenly called Bai Zhongzheng's name, and when Bai Zhongzheng raised his eyes to look at him, he immediately asked: "Mr. Bai, apart from Guo Shiji, there are still people hiding around, right?" At least one more! ”
Bai Zhongzheng was stunned for a second, but just a second of stunned let the torturer know that his judgment was correct. Without waiting for Bai Zhongzheng's defense, he immediately said: "The reason is very simple, you made a mistake before, when you asked us to go back to get the tools, I said that the others were still asleep, so that Yan Gang could watch it, so as not to have an accident, but what are you talking about?" Your first instinct is to say 'no'! ”
Bai Zhongzheng stared at the torture technique, knowing that he had leaked his mouth before, he thought that the torture technique had not been discovered, but he didn't expect the torture technique to be observed so carefully!
Xingshu looked into the distance and said: "You are a very cautious person, whether it is from the first time we met in the tube building, or you have been quietly following for so long, you have never been impulsive, so you should not worry about the people who are still sleeping, even if you are not worried about my people, you will also worry about your sleeping companion Guo Shiji, but if you say no, it means that you are completely sure that even if Yan Gang does not go back to guard, they will not have an accident." This kind of self-confidence only comes from one possibility, that is, there is one of you in the dark, and this person must be smart and alert, and his fist and foot kung fu should also be above you and Guo Shiji, otherwise, you can't be so relieved, I'm not wrong, right? ”
Bai Zhongzheng still didn't speak, but he didn't look away, still looking at the torture.
Xingshu smiled: "It's okay, it's okay if you don't admit it, at least I know that your people won't harm us, as long as I do this, I will be relieved, I think, this person didn't show up to deal with the killer who is elusive and doesn't know when he will attack us, by the way, the 'we' I am talking about include you and Guo Shiqi in addition to my people." ”
Bai Zhongzheng still didn't speak, and only after he finished talking about the torture technique and began to dig again, he lowered his head and continued to wave the shovel.
An hour later, Bai Zhongzheng put down the shovel, looked at the skeleton that had been dug up, and said: "This is the last one, that is, the 111th skeleton, and this is the end, according to the correct calculation method, it happens to be this position." ”
Xingshu looked at the skeleton and said: "The posture of these people before death seems to have been deliberately placed, which is very strange, especially the left hand, everyone's left hand is raised above the head, what does this mean?" ”
Bai Zhongzheng pondered, thought for a while, and said: "You said it wrong before, and you miscalculated, but there is a problem in front of us, I calculated before, if we follow the bones we dug up before, and add these that we have dug up now, it is not 111, but 161, that is, there are 50 more bones, how can this be explained?" ”
"Simple." Bai Zhongzheng said, "The bodies of these 111 people were all dismembered after death. ”
"How is that possible? Dismembering the bodies of 111 people? How can Guan Zhiqing do this kind of thing......" After the torture technique was finished, he woke up again, "Yes, Guan Zhiqing was definitely not the only participant in that incident back then. ”
Bai Zhongzheng pointed to the bones that had not been completely dug up and said: "When we dug up before, we dug up some bones without skulls, and the bones seemed to be laid out, and they were incomplete, so I think that these 111 people, after being dismembered, were made into two batches of bones, one refers to the wrong direction, and the other is correct, think about it, if I don't find this, early tomorrow morning, I will take you to continue digging, digging in the wrong direction, and I can also dig up the bones of 111 people, which are actually incomplete, But we don't know that when the time comes, we will find nothing and will have to give up. ”
Xingshu nodded: "So, the people who laid out it back then did this for some reason, but what is this reason?" ”
"The treasure of the Khanate." Bai Zhongzheng affirmed, "Other than that, it can't be explained. ”
"Hmm-" Xingshu nodded, "The matter of the treasure of the Khanate, the first time I heard about it was from He Chenxue's mouth, although I used to know about the Khan Khanate, but everyone was talking about the Bohai State, no one has used the name of the Khan Khanate, I think, the matter of the treasure of the Khan Khan should be deliberately left by Guan Zhiqing, and it is also the only clue, in other words, the person who laid out the plan back then, did this to cover up the fact that the treasure of the Khan Khan exists." ”
Bai Zhongzheng took a deep breath: "However, I don't understand, since he found the treasure of the Khan Khanate back then, why didn't he take it?" It's about setting up this game, and at the same time killing so many people? Even if it's a termite nest, it's not easy to be found, but what if? It's a risky move, and once someone finds out, everything that this person has done is undone. ”
Xingshu thought for a long time and said, "Could it be that he knows the general direction of the treasure, but he hasn't found the exact point?" Or, in that era, he wanted to ship a large number of antique treasures from China, it was basically impossible, at that time it was almost the era of anti-special people, once you found that something was wrong, a person from Tunzi could rush out and kill you. ”
Bai Zhongzheng nodded: "Let me think about it again, since I have found the head and there are clues, it must be near here." ”
Xingshu got up and looked around: "Those warriors and war horses from before are also gone, what's the matter?" Maybe what I saw earlier had something to do with the treasures of the Khan Khanate, but unfortunately, I didn't see it with my own eyes, so I can't tell what happened. ”
Bai Zhongzheng took out a notebook and pencil from his pocket at this time, and began to write and draw there, the torture technique approached, and found that Bai Zhongzheng was drawing sketches there, and looking at the appearance of the pen, like a professional, in less than half an hour, Bai Zhongzheng drew a samurai riding a war horse on the notebook, and then handed it to the torture technique: "I drew it from memory, maybe there is a slight deviation, but eight or nine are not far from ten, it should be like this." ”
Xingshu looked at what Bai Zhongzheng drew in his notebook, and couldn't help but admire: "Amazing, it turns out that you are a painter?" ”
"I used to want to be a painter, but unfortunately I ......," Bai Zhongzheng's words began, and he swallowed it back, just pointing to the notebook and saying, "Can you tell what kind of samurai this is?" What age? ”
Xingshu knew that Bai Zhongzheng didn't want him to know his past clearly, so he didn't ask again, just looked at the map drawn by Bai Zhongzheng, and said for a long time: "Look at what you painted, it should be the official Jian of the Tang Dynasty, commonly known as the Long March Jian'er, in today's words, it belongs to the mercenaries, but it belongs to the soldiers hired by the government, which is different from the government soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty, basically stationed on the border, this used to be the territory of the Khanate, and there are mercenaries here, which is not unusual, but what is strange is that if I remember correctly, Wearing this kind of equipment is considered an elite officer, I used to receive a very bad armor, because I don't understand, so I specially went to check the Tang Dynasty's military records, and saw that one of them was written, which probably means that in 755 AD, that is, the year when the Anshi Rebellion began, there was a problem with the Juntian system and the government military system at that time, and Tang Xuanzong replaced it with a recruitment system. In today's terms, it is basically a Songun policy, but later on, because of the problem of the uniform field system, a series of good systems gradually collapsed. ”
Bai Zhongzheng looked at the picture he had drawn and said, "So, these warriors are Tang soldiers? ”
"Yes, the reason why I say that they are elite is entirely because normally speaking, the official mercenaries in the Tang Dynasty were basically lower than the so-called regular troops in terms of armor and weapon configuration, and it is impossible to have a long knife on their waists, holding a horse lance, not to mention that they are wearing scale armor, not to mention that even the horses are covered with scale armor, in addition, the kind of horse you draw, if it is really accurate, should be a Turkic horse."
Bai Zhongzheng was puzzled: "Turkic horses? ”
"Yes, the Turkic horse, it was the best horse at that time, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to horse politics, when Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, he used Turkic horses to strengthen his cavalry, the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was quite terrible back then, after all, the fierce enemies around the Tang Dynasty at that time, such as Turkic, Tubo, and Khitan, were all cavalry to fight the world." Torture touched the pattern on the paper, "I just don't understand, how can there be such a thing here?" Phantom? Or ......"
Speaking of this, he looked up at the ice above, touched his chin and said, "Marquee? ”
Bai Zhongzheng immediately shook his head: "Impossible, if it's a marquee, you should be able to see the main body, right?" ”
"Refraction." In 2001, in Guangdong, someone sold two lamp stands to one of the only two traditional pawnshops in Guangzhou at that time, which were from the Sui Dynasty, and those two lamp stands are very strange, you only need to light one, put it at a specific angle, move the copper mirror on it, and you can make the other one move, at that time, the marquee lamp was sky-high, but there was a fire that night, and the lamp was burned out, and later some people said that it was a scam, Because the people who sold the lamps have since disappeared. ”
Xingshu looked up at the ice, and then began to look down carefully on the ground, Bai Zhongzheng didn't know what he was looking for, so he had to follow him, and after looking for a long time, Bai Zhongzheng finally couldn't help asking: "What are you looking for?" ”
"A hole or a crack in the ground." Xingshu didn't raise his head and said, "If it's a marquee, if there is a refraction, there should be these two things." ”
It didn't take long for Bai Zhongzheng to really find a crack on the ground, but although the crack was very long, it was very thin, so thin that the width could only fit a toothpick, and it would never be found if you didn't look carefully, and because the ground was full of soft soil, there were originally many cracks in the soil, so no one would find this long gap, and most importantly, this crack was less than half a meter next to the deep trench where the bones were buried that they dug out.
After the two of them found the gap, they immediately waved the shovel and dug downward, until they dug to a depth of almost two meters, and they couldn't dig anymore, because there was a copper plate underneath!
After the copper plate was dug out, the torture technique immediately squatted down and touched it carefully, and then found that the other part of the copper plate was still buried in the ground, so he and Bai Zhongzheng continued to expand the cave, and this digging was dug directly to the next morning, in the early morning, the diameter of the pit dug by the two had reached five meters, but the entire copper plate was still not fully revealed.
The torture technique stood there and watched, Bai Zhongzheng also looked down, and then the two raised their eyes to look at each other, and they both knew very well in their hearts that the area occupied by the copper plate under the ground must be the two of them, no, it was all the people they brought who couldn't dig it out completely......