Chapter 23: The Expedition

This Dr. Li didn't know if she felt that someone was paying attention to her, or unintentionally, she turned her head and looked at me, but soon, she turned her head and continued to talk to others, just at this glance, I suddenly felt that this Dr. Li had a sense of déjà vu, but I didn't know her, I was very sure, this feeling was really weird.

I'm also embarrassed to continue to look at people, Wang Bowen as a professor is sitting in the first row, and I found a random place to sit down in the back, but my eyes always inadvertently go to see that Dr. Li, of course, I am not because the other party is good-looking, but, I always feel that I always have a familiar feeling of this woman, and I really don't know where this feeling comes from.

The symposium soon began, and Dr. Li sat at the front of the seat, and it seemed that she had organized the symposium to discuss the ancient culture, and to be honest, I was not very interested in it, and I was almost asleep, but the others were enthusiastic.

After staying up for nearly three hours, the seminar officially ended, I quickly woke up and followed everyone out, at this time, Wang Bowen came out of nowhere, grabbed me, and said to me:

"I just told Dr. Li about your business, and she was very interested, and said that she would like to meet you later and discuss it with you."

I paused for a moment, and hurriedly asked Wang Bowen: "Uncle Wang, didn't you tell her about me." ”

Wang Bowen smiled and said no, told me, he just said, I also have a lot of my own research on Guli culture, I just put my mind at ease, I'm really afraid, this old man accidentally revealed my life experience, but fortunately, he didn't say anything, followed Wang Bowen to the small hall behind the conference room, Wang Bowen's attitude was very respectful, there was no vice president's posture at all, and I don't know what made him so admired by this woman.

"Dr. Li, this is Gao Ziyun, who is also a student of mine, and he also has a deep study of Guli culture."

After Dr. Li glanced at me, he was happy, shook my hand with a smile, and said: "It's really rare, Guli culture is an unpopular in the unpopular, there are very few people who know it, and there are almost no people who study it, what I know, it seems to be Professor Wang alone, I really didn't expect it, Xiao Gao also has a study of it, you know, the reason why there are very few people who study this kind of unpopular culture, the main reason is that it is difficult to achieve something in its field, even if there is an achievement, it is difficult to be recognized, It's really surprising that you chose a little-known field like Guli culture instead of a popular culture at such a young age. ”

This Dr. Li doesn't look old, but he really looks like an old pedant when he talks angrily, I smiled and kept nodding, showing a humble expression, so the three of us chatted, during this time I looked through the notes left by my father, and added some things I had experienced, I was very happy to discuss with the two of them, and even many places surprised Li Ling, Wang Bowen was better, after all, he knew my details, but Li Ling didn't know, and even said that I had studied this aspect in depth.

Originally, it was almost noon when we started chatting, and even forgot to eat lunch after this chat, until more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Bowen stopped the conversation and signaled everyone to go to dinner first.

I was also surprised, this Dr. Li did not have the arrogance of returnees with high education, very easy-going, and very wise, chatting with her would always involuntarily follow her train of thought, when the meal was about to end, Dr. Li suddenly said:

"I came back, in fact, I had another plan, I didn't have much hope, but just yesterday I received the approval of my superiors, and today I heard the opinions of the two of you, which makes me have better confidence in understanding Guli culture."

Then, she told us that just some time ago, Li Ling received the news that a ruins had been found in the Taklamakan Desert, in which the ancient Li script appeared, Li Ling himself had a deep interest in the ancient Li culture, so he sent an email to inquire about it, it turned out that some foreign explorers who found this place were here to study the culture of the ancient Western Regions of China, and accidentally discovered this site, and marked the approximate location, but because of the supply problem, it was not too in-depth investigation, Li Ling found this news in a foreign academic forum, so he sent a message to consult, foreign explorers are generally more generous, and directly passed on the information and materials they knew to Li Ling.

To carry out a formal archaeological project, it is necessary to approve it to the superiors, if it is a simple expedition to is not needed, Li Ling wants an in-depth investigation rather than a simple expedition, so he applied to the superior for the expedition project, and it was successfully approved, however, because she is not very familiar with the country, and the personnel do not know much about it, so I want to make plans in the future, today's conversation, so that her interest was more stimulated, and the two of us were invited to participate in this project. She was going to formally form the archaeological team for this operation.

I myself am going to Miao Jiang and his party, but the purpose is also very confused, after all, Miao Jiang is too big, and there are very few people who have studied Gu now, and I don't have much hope for this, as soon as I heard Li Ling's words, I immediately became interested, however, I still have some doubts, and before I could ask, Wang Bowen said my doubts.

"According to the records, this ancient Li country should be east of Shangdang in ancient times, that is, in Shanxi, how can it be in the Taklamakan Desert, this is inevitably too far away, will there be any mistakes."

Li Ling smiled and told Wang Bowen that according to her inference, this place is likely to be a branch of the Guli Kingdom, and she also boldly speculated that this is more likely to be the time when the Guli Kingdom had some relatively big changes, and the clansmen carried out a migration, and the final location may be here.

At this point, I am also a little puzzled, when the tomb guards were left to guard the tomb of King Guli, it should be the last King of Guli, and it has nothing to do with the desert at all, but I don't dare to speculate directly, after all, in that mausoleum, there is no existence of King Guli at all, and some are just an altar, in fact, I still don't understand why King Guli let a group of people guard the existence of that altar.

But no matter what, this time I will definitely go, not for anything else, just for such a glimmer of hope, I will go, so, I agreed to Li Ling's request, saying that I will definitely participate, but Wang Bowen shook his head, saying that his body is not good, so he will not go, I think about it, the desert kind of place, ordinary people are really enough, this Wang Bowen is so old, he really can't resist tossing, so Li Ling didn't ask too much, but Wang Bowen also agreed, He would wait at the edge of the desert, and once he found something, he would immediately rush over, which could be regarded as a logistics support officer, Li Ling readily agreed.

In this way, the departure time was set for next week, and Li Ling and Wang Bowen began to prepare to gather people and purchase equipment.

I didn't have anything to prepare, saying that I would come to meet when I set off, and just like that, I went back home, thinking that I would follow the expedition team to the desert in a few days, and I was still a little excited, so I began to take out a piece of paper and write down the materials that needed to be purchased.

Early the next morning, I went out to shop, mainly some expedition equipment that I had in hand, and looked at some magazines about the things I needed to prepare for going to the desert, and I was satisfied with the new expedition backpack.

The last time I saw Li Ling, I didn't show her the Guli characters I knew, not that I didn't trust her, but I had a little doubt in my heart, but this time, I took these words with me and looked for an opportunity to consult her.

That's it, a few days have passed quickly, these days, I am not practicing martial arts, or to find some friends to play, a good relaxation for a few days, for some former friends, I especially cherish, after all, I always feel that I am getting farther and farther away from them, as I experience more and more things, I feel that I and they seem to be two kinds of people, this feeling is really depressing.

Before leaving, I called Lin Ziqing, we talked for a long time on the phone, and in the end, I still told her where I was going and the purpose of the trip, Lin Ziqing didn't say anything, just told me to be careful, and I had the opportunity to contact her when I arrived at the place.

When I met at the meeting place, I saw less than twenty people, most of them were relatively young students, probably students from the School of Archaeology, Li Ling came over and introduced me:

"Xiao Gao, you are here, let me introduce you, these are students of the School of Archaeology, these four are experienced explorers, introduced by a friend in my country, and those are some field personnel who often participate in archaeological work, they are all very experienced."

I wasn't the last to arrive, after waiting for a while, there were all the people, four so-called explorers, it is said to be an expedition team, eleven students from the School of Archaeology, including five girls, six boys, three introduced by Wang Bowen, people who have been following the archaeological team all the year round to do service work, one of Li Ling's assistants, a foreign girl with short blond hair, plus Li Ling and me, a total of twenty-one people.

Seeing that everyone was together, Li Ling announced that this time the expedition team of the Ancient Western Regions was officially established.