Chapter 68 Second Document
Looking at the two cylinders peeking out of the sand, I still couldn't believe it, so it seemed that the hidden lurkers drove the dried corpses to dig in the sand, so that the two cylinders could be seen again?
What's more, these two cylinders are gouged out, and the lurkers will definitely not be able to take them, and the cylinders will fall into our hands. It is impossible for the lurkers not to think of this, and if they guess like this, then the lurkers are most likely deliberately trying to make us discover the cylinder.
I returned to it with two cylinders, which were made in much the same way as the previous one. It's just that the former has a slightly larger diameter and a larger volume, and the semi-hollowed wood wrapped outside the inner cylinder is not as delicate as before.
Now I don't care about anything else, the two cylinders are unearthed, and there will definitely be some information in them.
When we returned to the tent, Zhang Momo and Ning Kitten hid in the tent, only showing their heads to observe the situation, and when we came back, they were relieved.
I figured that these two cylinders should also have spontaneous combustion engines, so I slowly opened the cylinders outside the tent and threw out the contents of the cylinders.
Inside the cylinder, there were two rolls of very tight paper, and when I held the paper in my hand, the circle of paper outside was directly shattered into slag. The paper inside these two cylinders is ordinary paper, which has not undergone any special technical treatment, and has been stored for so long, it is completely bad.
I've spent time at the Seven Hole Bridge, and I probably know what to do with this kind of paper. But even if it is rescued, the lost part can no longer be recovered.
There are a lot of words on the paper, and after a cursory look at it, I understand. These two cylinders were carried by Zhonglang with Wu Qiang's handwritten handwriting. According to the instructions of the secret order, he led the team to disguise himself as a caravan and searched for the world among the countries of the Western Regions, during which he experienced some things, and some accidents occurred, and the communication conditions at that time were so backward that the team thousands of miles away could not transmit the news back in time.
Everything that the team has experienced must be recorded, and it is estimated that even Wu Qiang himself knows that his team may not necessarily succeed, and may not even be able to go back alive, so the recorded information will be used as reference material for future generations.
Zhonglang will be a military position, and the generals in the past are not necessarily illiterate, but the level of hydration is generally low. This Wu Poor is no exception, his writing is crude and straightforward. But it is precisely this kind of simple language that allows us to directly understand the information he recorded.
A lot of information is not useful to us, such as the country or ancient city that the team has been through, how they have been treated in between, and the injuries and illnesses of the team members, as well as the specific attrition.
I carefully browsed and found that some of the written materials had been lost, resulting in the intermittentness of these materials, but looking at it, I found that Wu Qian had mentioned the so-called world many times in the words he recorded.
The world is just a concept, and no one has ever concretized this concept. However, in Wu Qian's writing, this concept is different from what I understood before.
Most generals like Wu Poor will not have their own ideas, his ideas come from Shangfeng, and Shangfeng's ideas must have come from the emperor at that time.
According to the data, the supreme ruler of the Tang Empire at that time believed that in addition to the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions, Europe, and Tibet, which are lined up in Eurasia, there are many other worlds, which are hidden somewhere, and if you can find these worlds and conquer them, then you will get unimaginably vast territories, hundreds of millions of people, endless farmland, and grasslands.
In an agrarian society, land and population were the national resources that the rulers pursued with all their might. I reckon that if the ruler of an empire knew that there was a vast expanse of arable land, he would have tried to seize it.
But as soon as I saw the written record, I felt that this was not nonsense. According to the perception of people at that time, they still haven't figured out how big their world is, let alone many other worlds.
However, Wu Qiang received such a task, as long as he can find these so-called worlds, then he can return immediately, and the Tang Dynasty at that time may then send troops to occupy the world.
I sighed, and I felt that this Wu was very unjustly killed, and when he met such a ruler who had no worldview, the people below could only admit that he was unlucky.
"What's written on this? Show me. "Ning Kitten and Lao Wang squatted down next to me left and right, I was silently reading the words on the paper, and they didn't know the specific content written on it.
"Nothing ......"
"I'll see, I'll see." Ning Kitten reached out and grabbed the pieces of paper from my hand. The pieces of paper were already brittle, and they would break when they were pinched, and as soon as she grabbed and grabbed them, the two of us had an extra piece of crushed scraps of paper in our hands.
Ning Kitten was stunned for a moment, looked at the confetti in her hand, looked up at me again, and stammered speechless.
"Why are you so frizzy?" Lao Wang was waiting for me to study the burial place of an unknown treasure from the pieces of paper, Ning Xiaomei directly broke these pieces of paper, and Lao Wang was heartbroken: "The things on this haven't been studied yet, what if there are any important clues?" ”
Ning Xiaomei was so frightened that she didn't dare to make a sound, pursed her mouth, and her eyes were almost red. I hurriedly stopped them, and I basically read everything that was visible on the piece of paper, and after reading it a few more times, the result was still like this.
"Okay, okay, don't cry." I looked at Ning Kitten, and I also felt very helpless and distressed, she was supposed to be a carefree little girl, but because of these things, she could only run with us to a place where this kind of bird doesn't: "Go back and sleep for a while, after dawn, we should go." ”
"Didn't you say you were going to stay for two days? Don't stay out? Xiao Mao was smoking outside the tent, and after hearing my words, he turned his head and asked me, "If we leave at dawn, let's clean up this place." ”
"Don't stay." I think that these two cylinders left by Wu Qian are the only written materials that the entire caravan can find now, and even if they dig up, there will be no other discoveries. There is no point in continuing to stay.
We put the dug up back into the bunker and did our best to fill it back in.
"Okay, just fill it in almost, as soon as the two winds pass, the sand will smooth out the traces."
We ate here and then walked in the direction we had set. Before leaving, I took a special look at the food and water that was left now, and there was still a lot of it, enough to support it for a long time.
The team walked slowly, and as they walked, they kept an eye out. I'm still nervous, and I'm not sure if the lurker is still following behind. At the same time, I think it's strange that the old road of the Huyang River is a barren land, and the lurkers dare to go deep into this kind of place alone? Isn't he afraid of dying of thirst and starvation?
As I walked, I thought that I had to find a way to lure the other person out.
Everything is under this vast yellow sand, and without other clues, it is difficult for us to know where to dig up valuable things for reference to determine the specific location of the ancient city of Chepan. Although there are still a lot of provisions, I feel that with the current situation, it is probably impossible to find the ruins of the ancient city of Chepan, if that is the case, it means that we have run in vain again this time, and then the old king will have to mumble endlessly.
The team still walked for about nine to ten hours a day, and then found a place to camp. After the sandstorm passed, the weather was surprisingly good, and I slept a little more soundly at night than before. Xiao Mao is very particular, when I should take over, he didn't call me, he took two shifts and let me sleep, I feel that he is really worthy of the thousands of dollars that Zhang Momo added to him later.
After another day, he still found nothing, and after dinner, Lao Wang beat the landlord again, but no one played with him. I thought that Xiao Mao hadn't slept yesterday, and he must have been very tired after walking for another day today, so I told him to let him go to sleep, and I would work two shifts today.
"I don't care, I'm used to staying up late, and I have the habit of eating supper, and when it's time, I'll wake up hungry." Xiao Mao waved his hand indifferently: "You go to sleep, it's okay, when it's time to take over, I'll call you." ”
Xiao Mao insisted, so I didn't say anything more and went to sleep in the tent.
When I slept until midnight, the wind started, and the wind was not very strong, but the whistling wind made people feel annoyed to listen to. I was so dazed that I didn't want to open my eyes, but the wind outside the tent seemed to be suddenly mixed with a short shout.
The shouting was low, and it was caught in the wind, and I was so dazed that I was not sure for a moment, and sat up and listened with my ears pricked up. After listening for a while, I couldn't hear anything, but I always felt that it was not the right way, so I hurriedly put on my clothes and got out of the tent.
When I got out of the tent, I saw that less than ten meters in front of the tent on the left, Xiao Mao was rolling in the sand, and I ran over without thinking.
"Xiaomao?"
Xiao Mao's face was covered with blood, and he was wiping the blood on his face with his sleeve. I saw a stab wound on each of his forehead and shoulder blades. Especially the knife wound on his forehead, which was very deep, and the blood flowed like an infusion, and the blood suddenly covered his eyes.
I helped Xiao Mao up while quickly observing the surroundings. It's obvious, that lurker is really following us, and the other party may be a little impatient, so he will directly attack Xiao Mao.
From the time I heard the call in the wind to the time I got out of the tent, it was actually a short time, but I looked around and didn't see half a figure. Even if the lurker was fast, he could run out of sight in such a short time?
I didn't believe he could fly, however, no matter how much I looked, I didn't see the lurker.