When I heard the words of longevity and saw his current expression, the doubts in my heart became even heavier. The story of the monkey told by Changshou is immersive, and many of the details are clearly told. If it was a made-up story, he wouldn't tell it, but if it was true, how could he know it in such detail? After all, it was more than 1,000 years ago.

"I don't know where you got this story, I just think you're going into too much detail."

"This story was once passed down by word of mouth in Zhangxiong, and many people knew it, and some people specially recorded this story and passed it on to future generations."

"Someone specifically recorded this story, and it was recorded in Elephant Hung script?" I'm going to get to the bottom of it, and I'm going to have to get to the bottom of it.

"Yes, Elephant Wing."

"Xiangxiong script is a kind of dead script, even if you are a professional paleographer, you can only barely decipher one percent. Can you recognize Zhang-zhung characters? ”

"I know Zhangxiong writing."

"How much do you know?"

"All." Changshou made a gesture and said, "I know all the Xiangxiong texts." ”

I smiled, already having deep doubts about the words of longevity.

"I know, you definitely don't believe it, if I say these words to a person who doesn't know the history of Zhangzhung at all, maybe you can still bluff the other party, but for people like you, you will definitely be suspicious." Changshou explained: "However, what I said is true, I know all the Zhangzhung scripts. ”

"Then how did you know Zhang-zhung?"

"I can know Zhangxiong because ......" Changshou paused and said to me very seriously: "I am Zhangxiong, the last Zhangxiong in this world. ”

This time, I couldn't even laugh. I don't know how longevity comes from.

However, when I look at longevity, I don't look like the kind of person who talks about it. He's not stupid, and probably wouldn't flout my IQ in such a clumsy way.

"I'm willing to believe you, it's just these words that I can't believe it all at once." I asked him tentatively, "Zhang-zhung has been gone for more than a thousand years. ”

"Yes, it's been gone for more than a thousand years." Changshou nodded, his gaze as if he was about to pass through the tent in front of him and look at the more distant plateau.

After the establishment of Xiangxiong, it had close ties with the countries of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty at that time. Dapeng Silver City is a very important transit hub of the ancient Silk Road, whether it is from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, as well as from Central Asia, West Asia and even Europe to the Tang Dynasty merchants, all have to stay here in Dapeng Silver City. Zhangzhung is located on the plateau, but its culture and civilization are not closed, and it maintains contacts with many countries.

In some countries and regions with close relations, Zhangzhung will send envoys to live permanently, and for places where there are not frequent contacts, there will be some Zhangzhung merchant activities, these merchants are essentially Zhangxiong's envoys, constantly transmitting local news back to China.

The long-lived family, at the end of Zhangxiong's period, was sent to the Tang Dynasty. Some time before Zhangzhung disappeared, the last Dajue of Zhangzhung sent someone to inform the Zhangzhung people scattered all over the country to return to their homeland immediately.

At that time, the longevity family was in Chang'an, and if they wanted to return to Zhangxiong, they had to pass through some areas controlled by Tibet. Tubo and Zhangxiong are mortal enemies, and it is for this reason that the road is not smooth. The long-lived family had lived in Chang'an for many years and knew some Tibetan merchants. In the end, it was under the cover of a Tibetan merchant that they secretly crossed the area controlled by the Tibetans and returned to Zhangxiong.

However, when they returned to Zhangxiong, they were surprised to find that their homeland, along with the entire country, no longer existed.

The sudden disappearance of Zhangxiong is a difficult secret for both the current people and the long-lived family at that time. No one can say clearly, such a big country, millions of people, and many cities seem to have disappeared overnight. No clues were left behind, and no traces were left, as if this ancient country that had been on the plateau for countless years had never existed.

Since that time, the long-lived family has been looking for their homeland and people.

"We don't have clues, those things, you may not imagine." Changshou said: "A country, suddenly gone, after my ancestors returned to their homeland, what they saw was a permanent barrenness. ”

The long-lived family did not give up the search, and they only passed on the culture of Zhangxiong from generation to generation within their own family. Changshou was taught by his father from a very young age, and they kept some of Zhangzhung's books, but they were not the originals, and the time was too long for the books to be preserved. Every few years, the people of the Changshou family will copy all the books in the collection, so although the information about Zhangxiong is not the original, the content is exactly the same as the original.

In their more than 1,000 years of history, their family has suffered all kinds of twists and tribulations. The biggest blow to the family was during the Anti-Japanese War, when they ran a silk business and had a shop specializing in silk in Nanjing, which dealt a devastating blow to the entire family.

Since then, the longevity family has never prospered, starting with the longevity grandfather, and they have been in a single line. Changshou's father died six years ago, and Changshou became the last survivor of the family. Similarly, he is also the last Zhangxiong in the world to maintain his Elephant Hung bloodline.

Changshou has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he has not forgotten the last wishes of his ancestors, nor has he forgotten his belief in finding his homeland. It is too difficult to find an ancient country that has mysteriously disappeared for more than a thousand years. Changshou knew that he might not be able to find his disappeared homeland, but at least, he had to figure out how Zhangxiong suddenly disappeared into the long river of history.

In the past six years, Changshou has traveled a lot of places, met many people, and kept a lot of the closest to reality information in his family, as well as the harvest and experience left by the predecessors of the family, so the exploration of Changshou is smoother than when I set foot on this road.

Changshou found the underground space of Ta'er Lake, but after finding the underground space of Ta'er Lake, the search seemed to have entered a bottleneck, and he didn't gain anything. Keep trying to find it, but in vain.

This time, Changshou wanted to find Dapeng Silver City, in fact, his ancestors had tried to find the ruins of Dapeng Silver City more than once, but they were unsuccessful. Longevity is unwilling, and there are some things, if you don't fail once yourself, you may not really die.

I wasn't familiar with Changshou, but when I listened to him, I couldn't hear it artificial. Since the family suffered a catastrophe, they have not done business again, and the family conditions are not very good. As a result, Changshou was often overwhelmed by financial reasons during his six-year exploration, and had to look for a while before stopping to find a way to make a living.

I don't believe the words of a stranger casually, but some people, although they are only new acquaintances, always make me have a feeling that I can't doubt, such as every day, and such as longevity.

"Longevity, I have a corollary, you can refer to it."

"What inference?"

"The problem of Zhangxiong's disappearance may not be a sudden incident." I said, "I don't know if your family has paid attention to it during all these years of searching. The last Dajue of Zhangzhung that you mentioned recalling the Zhangzhung people scattered all over the country is probably not a move without purpose. ”

Zhangxiong's history, longevity is definitely clearer than me, I just make inferences based on the actual situation. For so many years, the envoys or merchants sent to various places have never been recalled all at once. It is possible that some envoys are old or have made mistakes and are temporarily recalled, but at the same time as the recall, a new envoy will definitely be sent to take over.

If all the Zhangzhung envoys were recalled at one time, and no one was sent to take over, it means that after the last Dajue recalled these people, he had no intention of sending someone to replace them.

The last Great Awakening recalled all the Zhangxiong people who were stranded in the field, and immediately after, the ancient kingdom of Zhangxiong disappeared like evaporation, is there no connection between this?

"What do you mean?"

"I just think that before Zhangxiong disappeared, the last generation of Dajue already knew that Zhangxiong was going to disappear." I asked, "What kind of person was Zhang-zhung's last great enlightenment?" ”

"In the minds of Zhangxiong, he should be a saint."

"What's his name?"

"Dajue has many names, and in various regions of Zhangxiong, there are honorific titles or honorific titles for Dajue." Changshou said: "If you are called by the official name, the last great awakening is called Bandatchata. ”