1

The strange sound behind the ticket door stopped, but after a while, it sounded again, and it became louder and louder, more and more urgent, Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov couldn't hear what kind of sound it was, the three of them looked at each other, and they didn't dare to put down the gun in their hands, this sound was very irregular, sometimes ringing out, sometimes disappearing.

"Someone's knocking on this door from outside!" Experienced Makarov judged first.

Someone? Makarov's judgment made Tang Feng and Han Jiang even more nervous, and they held the gun in their hands tightly. The sound lasted intermittently for seven or eight minutes, and just when the three of them were already a little numb, the ticket door was slammed open, and a puff of smoke and dust flew up, and a strong light came in through the heavy smoke and dust from outside the ticket door.

The three of them stayed in the dark world for too long, and it was difficult to adapt to the light outside for a while, Tang Feng hurriedly covered his eyes, and Han Jiang was also busy covering his eyes, but he still instinctively fired two shots at the ticket gate.

"Bang! Bang! After two gunshots, there was no scream, but a hissing sound, and the three of them were startled, and when their eyes adjusted to the light outside, the three saw a huge vulture standing outside the door.

Tang Feng began to understand that the sound of intermittently knocking on the ticket door just now was the sound of a vulture hitting the ticket door. "This ...... How can there be vultures here? ”

"Maybe this is their nest!" Makarov muttered.

"Vulture's lair?!" Makarov's casual words made Tang Feng and Han Jiang shudder.

"You see, the vultures are bleeding......" Makarov said.

"That's Han Jiang!" Tang Feng shouted.

"Give me a little quiet! That's not what I called,...... What is this vulture going to do? Han Jiang also became timid.

"I'm looking for revenge!" Tang Feng joked.

"At this time, you are still joking with me!" Han Jiang shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Who was kidding you! Look the vultures are coming in! ”

As he spoke, the three of them retreated towards Yongdaokou in unison. The wounded vulture did not come towards Tang Feng and the others, and the three of them were surprised to see the vulture walking towards Stephen step by step, and the vulture stopped beside Stephen, spread its huge wings, and then turned around and walked out of the ticket gate.

The vulture walked out of the ticket door and quickly disappeared outside the door, Tang Feng and the three of them looked at it in a daze for a long time, and then they reacted and rushed out of the ticket door together.

Tang Feng looked around and realized that it was a strange terrain, surrounded by high rock walls, and they were located in a recessed "pot bottom".

"This place is amazing, we are actually in the bottom of the pot!" Tang Feng exclaimed.

"It's like a sinkhole, but it's a smaller sinkhole." Han Jiang judged.

"Don't talk nonsense, sinkholes are generally in the karst terrain of the southwest mountains, how can there be here? Besides, how could the sinkhole be on this high mountain? To me, it's like a crater. Tang Feng denied Han Jiang's inference.

"Craters? I don't know where this is the North Peak, we're trapped in the bottom of this pot. Han Jiang said.

"Let's see if there's a way to climb up!" Makarov proposed.

So, the three of them began to turn along the rock wall, went around in a circle, and found nothing, but found that there was a small gap on the other side of the rock wall, through the gap, the three of them walked into another "pot bottom", surrounded by still high rock walls, and it has become complicated here, the surrounding rock walls show an irregular arc, the three of them sighed at the magic of nature at the same time, anxious to find a way out, suddenly, Tang Feng smelled a strong smell of blood.

2

Turning the protruding rock wall, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, accompanied by the smell of rancidity, and after a while, a large patch of weeds appeared in front of the three of them, and next to the weeds, there were piles of white bones.

"This ...... This is indeed the nest of vultures! Tang Feng looked at the pile of white bones in front of him in astonishment.

Han Jiang covered his nose and walked to the white bones, "These are all the bones of cattle and sheep, and there are some I can't say......" Han Jiang was suddenly stunned as he spoke, because he found some scattered human bones among the many white bones.

"Looks like this vulture is really good at catching people!" Tang Feng suddenly thought of the nightmare that had been haunting him. Nightmare?! Tang Feng shuddered, "How long have we been in the cave?" Tang Feng suddenly asked.

Makarov looked up at the sky and estimated: "It should be morning, which means that we have been in the Xuangong in the mountains for almost a day." ”

"I wonder what happened to Yelena and Dr. Xu?" Tang Feng couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Look! Here's that mark again! Han Jiang suddenly shouted.

Tang Feng and Makarov hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, a striking triangular mark appeared on the black rock wall, with three deep notches, which impressed everyone, "According to Stephen's account just now, I suspect that the bald killer he is talking about is Stepkin!" Han Jiang inferred.

"Are you so sure?"

"Age, nationality, and means are all matched, who else can it be?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.

"Stepkin, White, General......" Makarov pondered, "but I still can't figure out the connection between the three." ”

"Don't think about it too much, the triangle mark has reappeared, indicating that Stephkin is near here, at least he used to pass through here." Han Jiang judged.

"Wait! Han Jiang, look here! Tang Feng suddenly pointed to the rock wall not far from the triangle mark and shouted.

The three of them noticed that another diamond-shaped mark appeared on the black rock wall, "This...... How is this possible? Han Jiang was shocked.

"This is the mark we agreed upon before the camp departs!" Makarov was also shocked.

"It can't be the three of us, that...... That'......" Tang Feng was so shocked by this discovery that he was speechless.

"It can only be Ye ...... Lena and Dr. Xu! Makarov's voice trembled a little.

"It seems that they also entered the Xuan Palace and came here!" Tang Feng said.

"That's not right!" Han Jiang suddenly shouted, "If it was Yelena and the others who left it, why didn't we find this mark in the Yongdao all the way, even if we took the wrong path at the beginning, but from the front hall to here, we didn't find the diamond-shaped mark along the way." ”

"What if you didn't pay attention?" Tang Feng asked.

"No way, I've been very careful along the way, and I haven't found a diamond mark." Han Jiang is very sure.

"Alright, let's go back and see if there's any of this mark." Makarov tract.

Tang Feng and Makarov continued to walk along the stone wall, but when they looked back, Han Jiang was still staring at the diamond-shaped mark on the rock wall, "What are you still thinking?" Tang Feng urged.

Han Jiang raised his head again, looking at the sky and the high stone walls around him, and after a long time, Han Jiang muttered a sentence from his mouth: "I really want to grow a pair of wings and fly up to see what kind of place this is?" ”

"Don't think about it, you won't grow wings in your life! Watch out for a moment when the vultures fly back! Tang Feng urged Han Jiang to leave quickly.

Vulture?! Thinking of the vulture coming and going, Han Jiang's heart sank, and he hurriedly followed Tang Feng and Makarov and continued to walk forward.

3

The stone wall turned another corner, the triangular markers and diamond-shaped marks did not appear, and a series of stone pits and black rock walls made Tang Feng more firm in his judgment, "This is a series of craters, hundreds of thousands of years ago, in the process of the formation of the earth's crust, the craters that were smashed out by meteorites, so there are large and small, and they are interlocked." ”

"But how could this be the scripture building of the upper temple?" Han Jiang asked puzzled.

Han Jiang's question stopped Tang Feng as well, "Maybe...... Maybe that stone chamber is the Scripture Building! Tang Feng could only explain it like this.

Han Jiang didn't say anything more, at this time, the three of them came to the end, a huge crater, there was no gap, Tang Feng looked around, and a hole appeared on the black rock wall.

"Another hole!" The appearance of this cave came as a surprise to Han Jiang, who was tired of the darkness.

"Yes! I thought I finally saw the sun and didn't have to dig into the cave anymore! Tang Feng was also puzzled.

Makarov said: "Han Jiang, Tang Feng, did we turn these craters just now?" ”

"Turn around!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang didn't understand what Lao Ma meant.

"I'm afraid that there shouldn't be any other holes besides the hole we came out of and the hole in front of us, because in that case, we might go the wrong way again!" Makarov voiced his concerns.

"Yes! That's too bad! Tang Feng was also worried about whether there was something omission just now.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Tang Feng and Makarov thought for a long time, and Han Jiang suddenly said: "Don't think about it, don't think about it, you see, there is a triangle mark here again." ”

Tang Feng and Makarov looked at it, and on the rock wall inside the cave entrance, a triangular mark really appeared. The trio hurriedly looked around the triangle marker, hoping to find the diamond mark again, but this time they didn't find the diamond marker.

"Strange, that diamond mark is gone!" Han Jiang was puzzled.

"There's got to be something wrong with that." Tang Feng Road.

"Do you remember what Stephen said? He said there was an accident in the front hall! Makarov said suddenly.

"Accidents? Right! That's what Stephen said, but he passed out before he could say it clearly. Tang Feng was disappointed.

"I think the diamond mark has something to do with that accident! And the bald head who snatched Stephen's two treasure maps must have walked this way from the corridor outside the east gate of the front hall, and he didn't go to the apse to look for the Black Lama's treasure, but went this way, I think...... I wonder if he already knows where to store the jade interstitial. Makarov reasoned.

Makarov's inference made Tang Feng and Han Jiang fall into deep thought, "This is indeed a problem, but according to Stephen's account, the Black Lama and his grandfather came here to find the jade interstitial screen, but they didn't find the jade interstitial screen here, but just used this place as a place for them to hide treasures and take refuge. Tang Feng said.

"That is to say, even if the bald head gets two treasure maps, he doesn't know where to store the jade insert, but he didn't enter the apse, and went straight here." Han Jiang said confusedly.

"How did you two become stupid!" Makarov suddenly said, "You can think of this layer, Stephen and that bald head, can't you think of this layer!" ”

"Oh! I see, Stephen looked at the treasure map and knew that the jade interstitial wouldn't be in the apse, so they went straight through the east gate, and we did waste too much time inside. ”

Tang Feng suddenly brightened, he saw that Han Jiang didn't seem to have turned a corner, and pulled Han Jiang over, "Don't think about it, let's hurry up, if I'm not wrong, this hole won't be too deep!" ”

"How do you know?" Han Jiang asked puzzled.

Tang Feng didn't answer, turned on the flashlight, and plunged into the hole.

4

Walking into the entrance of the cave, Tang Feng found that this Yongdao was exactly the same as the previous Yongdao, and it also spiraled upward, and after walking more than 30 steps, a triangular mark appeared on the rock wall again, and there was also no diamond-shaped mark.

After that, the situation was roughly like this, after Tang Feng and the three of them saw the tenth triangle mark, a bright light finally flashed in front of them, "It's finally over!" Han Jiang sighed.

"Hope is no longer a damn crater." Makarov tract.

The three of them finally walked out of the road, everything suddenly became clear, this is not a crater, but the top of the mountains, Tang Feng looked at the magnificent scenery below the mountain in surprise, and was speechless with excitement for a while.

Han Jiang was also shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him, and involuntarily walked a few steps forward, came to the edge of the cliff on the east side, and looked down, there were more than ten large and small craters hidden in the barren grass and bushes, "This is the crater we passed by just now!" ”

As soon as Han Jiang's words fell, the top of his head was covered by two huge shadows, and the three of them looked up together, and two huge vultures spread their wings and swept over everyone's heads, and then swooped down to the crater below, landing accurately in the crater.

"That'...... That's a vulture's lair! Tang Feng felt terrified at the thought that he might have to go back from there.

"Nope! It's not just their lair. The whole mountain top is their lair! Han Jiang recalled the shocking scene of seeing the vulture grabbing the rock sheep at the bottom of the mountain.

"The whole mountain, then we are not safe here!" Tang Feng said in a panic.

"Of course, vultures could attack us at any time." Han Jiang turned around and looked around, "Be careful of that mysterious person." ”

Tang Feng also looked at the situation on the top of the mountain, the hole that the three of them walked out of was located on the east side of the entire mountain peak, the east and south sides of the entire mountain peak were flat, while the west and north sides were high, and that should be the highest peak of the north peak.

On the north and west peaks of the high mountain are sparsely scattered with some trees for the elderly, Tang Feng was surprised that there were still trees growing on such a high peak, while the rest of the mountain top was a large area of wild grass and bushes.

Han Jiang was also observing the topography of the mountaintop, "Why didn't you see that guy?" ”

"Maybe that guy is hiding in a corner!" Makarov tract.

"I can't see where the top of the mountain can store the jade interstitial? You can't see any relics from the Western Xia period here?! Han Jiang was puzzled.

"Yes! It's not safe to put it on the top of the mountain, lightning and thunder, wind and rain, I really can't figure it out! Makarov was also confused.

"You should think backwards, when the Black Lama and Ma Yuan and his gang were entrenched here for a long time, they didn't find the jade insert, I think this jade insert in Helan Mountain must be stored in a very secret and undetectable place."

After Tang Feng finished speaking, he began to look along the edge of the cliff in a clockwise direction, one foot deep, one foot shallow, there was no road at the foot at all, Tang Feng saw all weeds and shrubs, when Tang Feng and they walked to the edge of the cliff on the south side, a large number of dark clouds floated in the sky, which instantly covered all the sunlight, and a thick fog rose in the valley, Tang Feng looked down the mountain again, it was already white, and there was no scene.

The fog is getting bigger and bigger, and the mountain tops are all shrouded in clouds, "What a weird weather!" Tang Feng's heart was also shrouded in a thick fog.

Han Jiang and Makarov didn't say anything, the three of them continued to bow their heads and walked forward, and after a while, the three of them had already gone around to the small peak on the west side, Tang Feng looked at this small peak, and then looked at the raised small peak on the north side, the two peaks looked almost high, and it was difficult to judge that peak was the highest peak of the north peak.

"Do you want to climb up?" Makarov asked Tang Feng and Han Jiang.

"Now that you've come here, of course don't miss it!" Tang Feng felt more and more strange in his heart, where did that mysterious person go, why did he suddenly disappear? Where is the jade interstitial, maybe you can find some clues when you stand on the small peak.

Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov first climbed the peak on the west side, looked around, the clouds and mist were shrouded, and there was no scenery in sight, and the three of them came down from the west peak in disappointment, and then climbed the north peak, still covered with clouds and mist, and did not see anything abnormal.

The clouds in Tang Feng's heart are getting thicker and thicker, after a lot of hardships, it has come to an end, everything should have ended a long time ago, but he found nothing, jade interstitial, mysterious person, will all this end in vain? The triangle marker clearly points here, but ...... But there is nothing here except clouds and mist and barren grass, thousands of years ago, the party members may not have left anything here at all, everything is just their own assumptions!

5

A gust of wind blew, and the wild grass on the top of the mountain swayed in the wind like waves, Tang Feng felt a deep chill, "There won't be anything up there, go down!" Han Jiang said.

Just when the three of them were about to go down, another gust of wind struck, and the wild grass was blown to the ground by the strong wind, and suddenly, Tang Feng's eyes lit up, and he found that something strange flashed out of the wild grass, "Wait!" Tang Feng yelled.

Han Jiang and Makarov were both stunned, stunned in place, Tang Feng couldn't see what it was, he took two quick steps, convinced that he was standing on the highest place, and then looked down, the place he found just now was located in the center of the entire mountaintop, the more Tang Feng looked at it, the more he felt that there must be something wrong there.

Han Jiang and Makarov didn't know what Tang Feng had found, and looked at Tang Feng in a daze, Tang Feng stood at the top of the mountain, staring at the barren grass in the center, he was waiting, waiting for the heavens to give him another gust of wind.

A few minutes later, a stronger gust of wind blew towards Tang Feng, and the barren grass on the top of the mountain was oppressed by the strong wind, and they all climbed down, Tang Feng's eyes widened suddenly, not bad! It was at that location that Tang Feng found that in the shade of barren grass, a circular mound loomed in the center of the mountaintop.

The mound is not high, the upper part is very flat, but the area is not small, Tang Feng is not good at estimating, he shouted excitedly, "I found it!" Then he ran down the hill.

Han Jiang and Makarov were completely stunned by Tang Feng, so they had to keep up with Tang Feng's pace, and the three of them came to the center of the entire mountain peak together.

"What did you find when you were startled and screaming?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng.

"Look! What is it? Tang Feng shaved a few times from the wild grass, and then picked up a black clod of soil.

"What's this? Isn't it just a clod of dirt? Han Jiang was puzzled.

"Take a closer look!"

Han Jiang still didn't see it, Makarov peeled off the mud on the outside of the clod, and saw the clue, "This looks like a brick, and it should be an ancient brick." ”

"That's right! Lao Ma, you're right, this is a brick from the Tangut period. Tang Feng spoke with excitement.

"Holy! You have become a god, and you can see that this is a brick from the Tangut period when you stand on it! Han Jiang shouted.

"Why don't you understand! It's not that I see above that this brick is a brick from Western Xia, but ...... Rather, I saw from above that there was a ruin of a building here. ”

"Architectural ruins?" Han Jiang and Makarov were stunned.

"So I ran down, and sure enough, I dug up bricks from the Western Xia period here!" Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang and Makarov excitedly, "Think about it, think about the Western Xia ...... we saw on the ticket gate."

"Upper temple scripture building?!" Han Jiang and Makarov exclaimed at the same time.

"From the time I saw the words on the door and lintel, I have been thinking about this scripture building, generally the temples of the Western Xia period, in addition to the several major halls arranged on the central axis, there will also be stupas and scripture buildings. We found the ruins of the main hall and the stupa in the lower temple, and found the front hall, the middle hall and the apse of the upper temple in the mountain. The more Tang Feng spoke, the more excited he became.

"You mean this is the ruins of the Scripture Building?" Han Jiang asked rhetorically.

"Could it be anything else? I have seen it above, and I have just taken a rough measure here, and at our feet is the ruins of a huge mound with a diameter of seventeen or eight meters. Tang Feng inferred.

"So big?" Makarov exclaimed.

"So the Scripture Building is a circular building?" Han Jiang asked.

"Well, the scripture building should be a circular building, but it has not been excavated by archaeology, and the specific architectural style on it is unknown."

"Build such a grand scripture building on the top of the mountain? It's incredible! Makarov shook his head.

"Old Ma, have you ever been to Wudang Mountain? There is a golden temple on the top of Wudang Mountain, which enshrines Emperor Zhenwu and is considered by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be the protector of the Ming Dynasty. Tang Feng asked Makarov rhetorically.

"Wudang Mountain?" Makarov shook his head.

"I think the situation here is similar to Wudang Mountain, and even the buildings on it are even grander than the Golden Temple of Wudang Mountain. I don't know if this was built by Yuan Hao, or when the Wuzang family was in power? But think about it, on the top of this high mountain, there is such a magnificent hall, then it must be the most important building in Western Xia. Tang Feng paused for a moment and said, "Think about it again, where is the jade insert in Helan Mountain most likely to be placed?" ”

"You mean here?!" Han Jiang and Makarov looked at Tang Feng in surprise.

"What could be a better place to be? It is located at the highest peak, which is the most difficult for outsiders to reach, and there are ...... And the vultures! It occurred to me that maybe in Western Xia, this is the place where the party members deliberately raise vultures! Tang Feng boldly speculated.

"Tang Feng, as soon as you say that, I also thought of it, so although the official name of this place in the Western Xia was Jietai Temple, because the party members had been here for a long time, they intended to raise vultures, so the surrounding people saw the vultures and called this temple 'Black Eagle Temple'." Han Jiang Road.

"Not bad! Surely so, the two vultures we saw may be the descendants of those vultures. Tang Feng said, looking at the air vigilantly, for fear that the two vultures would suddenly appear and capture themselves, but at this time there were only clouds and mist in the air.

6

Makarov listened to Tang Feng and Han Jiang's words, and suddenly thought: "If the party members raise vultures, then they must also raise eagles." ”

"Well, it's very likely, old horse, that totem came to mind again?" Tang Feng asked.

"I can't help it! That terrible totem ......," Makarov muttered.

Han Jiang dug out a few bricks from the Western Xia period in the soil, and even a patterned brick, but soon, Han Jiang fell from the joy of discovery, "Tang Feng, you kid can speak, even if you are right, this is the site of the Tibetan Scripture Building of the Shangsi Temple, which is indeed very important, but what about the jade interstitial?" I don't care so much, I just see the jade interstitial. ”

Han Jiang's shouting made Tang Feng sober up, yes! The Tibetan Scripture Building was discovered, and the entire Black Eagle Temple, all that should have been discovered have been discovered, and they have come to the top of the mountain, but no trace of the jade interstitial screen has been found, Tang Feng can't help but feel a drop in his heart, "According to my original idea, the jade interstitial screen should be hidden in the Tibetan Scripture Building." ”

"But the scripture building has been destroyed, only the ruins remain, from the ruins can also be seen, this is on the top of the mountain, it is easy to be struck by lightning, and then look at these bricks, there are traces of fire on them, obviously this place has been burned by fire, I think this is the reason why the scripture building was destroyed." Han Jiang paused for a moment, and then said: "If the jade insert screen is in the Tibetan Scripture Building, it is likely to be destroyed in a fire together with the Tibetan Scripture Building!" ”

"What? Ruined! Makarov and Tang Feng exclaimed at the same time.

"So the Black Lama and Ma Yuan and his gang have been entrenched here for many days, but they haven't found the jade interstitial." Han Jiang Road.

"There is another possibility, it has been taken by that mysterious person!" Makarov said the end that no one wanted to say.

"Nope! That's impossible! There is only one way to get here, and even if the mysterious person gets the jade interstitial, he can only return the same way, but we didn't bump into it, is that guy invisible? Tang Feng can't accept this reality no matter what.

"That is, the jade interstitial screen has long been destroyed!" Han Jiang dug out a few more blackened bricks.

The jade interstitial screen was ruined? Could it be that the efforts you have made will come to naught? Tang Feng anxiously checked back and forth on the ruins of the mound, hoping to find clues here, he estimated that if he wanted to do a comprehensive archaeological excavation here, the time and funds would not be wasted, and it was likely that after the excavation, there would still be no gains.

There was another gust of wind, Tang Feng's heart was cold to the bottom, he slowly walked down the mound, a few steps back to the south, he looked at the mound to the north, and then the mountain peak, this is a central axis, if there is anything else to find, it must be here - on this central axis.

Tang Feng didn't believe that he would give up all his efforts, he suspected that there must be something wrong with the link, the Tibetan Scripture Building was burned by fire, would the ancients put the precious jade insert in the Tibetan Scripture Building that was easy to be struck by lightning? No! No! The ancients were no more stupid than the modern people, and this has been fulfilled countless times in Tang Feng's expeditionary archaeological career.

Tang Feng thought nonsense as he took a few steps back to the south, and suddenly, he stumbled under his feet, and Tang Feng fell into the grass. Han Jiang and Makarov saw that Tang Feng disappeared in an instant, and hurriedly rushed over, Tang Feng was lying on his back in the grass.

Han Jiang and Makarov helped Tang Feng up, and Han Jiang asked with concern, "What's wrong with you, you won't be able to walk?" ”

"!" As he spoke, Tang Feng sat up, "There was a pit in the ground just now, and my foot sank into it. ”

"Pit?" Han Jiang and Makarov were busy looking in the grass, pulling out some weeds, and sure enough, at Tang Feng's feet, the weeds covered a small pit, Tang Feng grabbed some soil in the pit with his hand, observed for a while, and then dug the soil next to him to check, after checking it like this, Tang Feng pointed to the pit under his feet, and said in a commanding tone: "Dig!" ”

"Digging?" Han Jiang and Makarov were stunned, "When did you kid command me?" Han Jiang patted Tang Feng's head.

"Whoever has a reason to listen to whom, and then say that my foot is broken, this can be regarded as a work injury!" Tang Feng shouted.

"You have a point? What's the point of digging this hole? Han Jiang asked.

"Yes! What do you see? Makarov also asked.

"Don't ask so much about it, just dig, and you'll understand later!" Tang Feng looked quite confident.

Han Jiang had no choice but to take out the sapper shovel he was carrying from his bag, and according to Tang Feng's instructions, he began to dig the small pit on the ground, Han Jiang only dug two shovels, and he felt a little strange, he looked at Tang Feng, "Just dig!" Tang Feng ordered.

Han Jiang got angry and shoveled it down, Han Jiang lost his center of gravity and fell forward, falling "dog eating"!

"! You shabu me! Han Jiang said angrily.

"What are you scolding! Don't you understand my reasoning? Tang Feng's words were full of surprise.

Han Jiang got up with a bone, and when he saw it, the small pit had completely sunk in, and the sapper shovel had also fallen into a large section, "Is there a hole here?" Han Jiang exclaimed.

This time, without waiting for Tang Feng's order, Han Jiang himself took out the sapper shovel and began to remove the floating soil at the mouth of the cave, and soon, the hole that was originally a bowl mouth became a wellhead more than half a meter square.

7

Han Jiang poked his head and looked down, only seeing some floating soil, but when he shone the flashlight to the side, Han Jiang was surprised to find that the walls of the cave were all neatly stacked with blue bricks.

"This ...... What is it? A treasure cave! Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng suspiciously.

"It's a well! It's just been deserted for many years, and the top is covered by floating earth, so when I got into it, I thought that there must be a famous hall down there. Tang Feng judged.

"Well?" Han Jiang and Makarov were surprised, and Han Jiang poked his head out and looked down, it was indeed like a well, and the wall of the well made of blue bricks was round, exactly the same as the ancient well he had seen before. But this well puzzled Han Jiang, "There is no water on the top of this mountain, what is the use of digging a well?" ”

"That's exactly the problem." Tang Feng deliberately sold Guanzi.

"Tell me, why is there a well here?" Han Jiang urged.

Tang Feng stood up and visually surveyed the topography of the top of the mountain again, and then said: "I carefully checked the topography of the top of the mountain again, I made a mistake in my visual inspection on the mountain just now, in fact, the mound is not in the center of the top of the mountain. ”

"Oh! Not in the middle of the mountaintop? Han Jiang and Makarov were shocked.

"Yes! The mound is located slightly north of the center, and it is this well that is really located in the center of the mountain! ”

Tang Feng's conclusion made Han Jiang and Makarov surprised and suspicious. "This well is in the middle of the entire mountaintop?" Han Jiang and Makarov also re-examined, "It's about the same, but what does this mean?" ”

"We are now located on the north-south axis, Chinese architecture since ancient times pay attention to symmetry, the more important the building, the more on the central axis, now we look north, this well, the mound and the mountain peaks on the north side, all three are exactly on the north-south axis, this is a very meaningful distribution, is the original construction of the Tibetan scripture building, it was planned." Tang Feng explained.

Han Jiang and Makarov looked north, the three were indeed distributed on the north-south axis, and Tang Feng continued: "If I am not mistaken, the peak on the north side should be higher than the one on the west side, and it is the highest peak of the entire mountain range, so when the party members built the scripture building here, they built the scripture building on the north-south axis, so the appearance of this well on the north-south axis does not mean that this well is of great significance?" What's more, this well is still in the middle, and its status is even higher than the mountain peak on the north side and the scripture building itself. ”

"A broken well has a higher status than the scripture building and the mountain?" Han Jiang couldn't believe it.

"Chinese architecture has been hierarchical since ancient times, and Xixia is no exception, every building, including the mountains and rivers in or near the building, is divided into hierarchies, some buildings are in the honorable position, some buildings are in the secondary position, and some buildings are in the inferior position, the hierarchy is strict, and we can not go beyond the thunder pond, so sometimes we can judge the importance of an ancient building according to its location, and then infer the size and style of the building, etc." Tang Feng explained a big chase.

"It's so complicated, don't be verbose, make my head bigger, I understand what you mean, that is, this well is very important, but what does it have to do with the jade interstitial?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng.

"If I'm not mistaken, there's something in this well, and you don't believe it."

"You don't mean to say that the jade insert is in the well, right?" Han Jiang looked down the well and said.

"You dig and dig first! The well is now covered in earth and has to be dug to see underneath. Tang Feng looked like a genius that could not be revealed.

"There's no water under this well, right?" Han Jiang's face was worried.

"Didn't you just make a bold judgment that there would be no water on the top of such a high mountain? Why does this make you go down and you're worried about the water down there? Tang Feng ridiculed Han Jiang.

"Damn, now I've done all the hard work and dirty work, and I'm also a leading cadre!" Han Jiang said angrily.

"Just because you are a leading cadre, you have to endure hardships in the front, and where there are difficulties and dangers, you have to rush there, so that you can look like a leading cadre! Don't worry, there is no water, no scorpions, centipedes, no snakes, no snakes, no Ultraman, no little monsters, none of them! ”

"Yes! You can't have those things on such a high mountain. Makarov echoed.

"Alright! I'll believe you again! Han Jiang said, and after sorting out the equipment, he will equip the well.

said that it was going down the well, but in fact, the well was not deep at all, and Han Jiang's figure drilled into the well, which basically blocked the wellhead, and Han Jiang couldn't turn around in the well at all.

8

Han Jiang dug down a few shovels with difficulty, only dug out some soil and sand and gravel, nothing, Tang Feng dug out the soil and sand and gravel of Han Jiang little by little, when Han Jiang dug the well to a depth of more than two meters, Han Jiang was already sweating profusely, panting, not because he was tired of digging this little soil, mainly because he was aggrieved by this narrow well.

"Let Han Jiang come up and breathe, I'll dig it!" Makarov asked Tang Feng for instructions.

Tang Feng waved his hand, "No, it should be soon!" ”

"You're calling the silly boy! I've dug so deep that I don't have any! Han Jiang complained in the well.

"Don't be impatient, you are a leading cadre, you have to work hard, don't do some work and be tired!" Tang Feng joked.

"It's called doing some work?!"

"Be careful! Be careful! ”

"You finally have a little conscience, and you know how to care about me."

"I'm not saying you should be careful, I'm telling you to be careful when you dig, in case there is really any treasure that you spoil it, you can't afford this responsibility!"

Han Jiang glared at Tang Feng fiercely, and shoveled it down, "Bang-" With a crisp sound, the nerves of the three of them beat suddenly, is there really something?! Han Jiang hurriedly leaned down and gently brushed away the floating soil under his feet, and a jade artifact was revealed, "It's jade!" It's a piece of jade! Han Jiang exclaimed excitedly.

"What jade?" Tang Feng asked with concern above.

"I don't know, it's not a jade interstitial screen anyway, a long, pointy jade board." Han Jiang said angrily in the urn under the well.

"Bring it up!" Although Tang Feng had already counted it in his heart, he still couldn't wait to see this jade, and Han Jiang took this jade and climbed up.

Tang Feng took the jade and scolded, "Who asked you to come up?" ”

"Didn't you want me to come up?"

"I told you to bring the jade, but I didn't ask you to come up!"

"Damn! You really think you're the captain, and you're going to dig right away! Han Jiang said angrily.

Tang Feng saw that Han Jiang was really angry, and hurriedly changed his smiling face, "Leading cadres can't have some achievements, so they are proud!" ”

"Less nonsense, what kind of jade is this? It's not a jade interstitial, right? ”

Tang Feng carefully groped for the jade in his hand, cold and warm, exuding an attractive atmosphere, but the attraction of this breath to Tang Feng is far less than that of the jade interstitial screen, this is the feeling that Tang Feng has cultivated through years of research and cultural relics, Tang Feng looked at it for a long time, and then explained: "This is also made of Hetian mutton fat white jade, but the jade quality is not as good as the jade interstitial screen we have seen, and it can only be regarded as medium in Hetian jade, but this is already a very good jade material in the Western Xia era; This thing should be called Yugui, it is a ritual vessel when the ancient emperors sacrificed, and the ancient emperors engraved the words to the gods and ancestors on the Yugui when they sacrificed, and then buried them in the soil, or put them into the water, so as to achieve the purpose of communicating with the gods and ancestors of the heavens. ”

"Did you expect that there would be Yugui in this well?" Han Jiang asked.

"I have just explained to you the importance of this well, this well is more important than the Zangjing Tower, more important than the highest north peak, so what could it be? I think of the sacrificial rites in Chinese history, and think of the purpose of this well, which is actually a golden well, which is called the Tibetan Scripture Building, which is actually the sacrificial place of the Western Xia emperors, and the Western Xia emperors sacrificed here, and wrote the words to the gods and ancestors on the jade gui and then put them into this golden well. Tang Feng explained.

"Tang Feng, there seems to be text on this." Makarov found a clue in Yugui.

"I also saw it, all of them are in Western Xia script, with a total of 37 words - the emperor of the Bai Gao Xia Kingdom is named and forgives Zuofu to beg for eternal life, mountains, rivers and mountains, ancestors and ancestors, bless my country for thousands of generations, and the country will be forever prosperous." Tang Feng read the words on Yugui.

"What do you mean?" Han Jiang asked.

"These are all auspicious words, it is the second emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty who prayed to the immortal heaven and the ancestors and ancestors to bless the Xixia Dynasty for thousands of generations, and the country will be forever prosperous! If you go down and see, are there any other jade artifacts? Tang Feng urged Han Jiang to go down.

Han Jiang was attracted by the new discovery at this time, and he didn't care about Tang Feng anymore, jumped down the well, and after a while, he dug up an identical jade gui in the well, followed by a third jade gui.

9

Tang Feng carefully inspected several pieces of jade, and the two pieces of jade unearthed later were of the same quality as the first piece of jade, and even some of the textures were still the same, so it can be inferred that several pieces of jade were separated from a large piece of jade. Looking at the above text again, the second piece of jade is written: Bai Gao Daxia Empress Dowager Fu begging for eternal life, mountains, rivers and mountains, ancestors and ancestors, bless our country for thousands of generations, the country is Yongchang, the people of the Tibetan clan are prosperous, and the six animals are prosperous.

"Although it is not written on this piece of jade that it was made by the queen mother of Western Xia, it can be seen from the blessing of the Wuzang clan from the back that the queen mother who made this piece of jade should be the queen of Wuzang." Tang Feng reasoned.

"Judging from this piece of jade alone, this Empress Dowager is not as authoritarian as we deduced before! He just prayed on the jade gui to bless the prosperity of the people of the Tibetan clan, and the prosperity of the six animals, and there was nothing wrong with this prayer. Makarov asked, puzzled.

"Yes! It stands to reason that this jade gui was thrown into the golden well, and outsiders can't see it at all, if there is no Tibetan queen mother's dictatorship, you can write more straightforwardly on the jade gui, but it doesn't. Tang Feng was also very puzzled.

"Look at what is written on the third piece of Okyu?" Han Jiang Road.

"The third piece of jade is written on it: The emperor of the Bai Gao Xia Kingdom is famous for forgiving Zuo Fu begging for eternal life, mountains, rivers and mountains, ancestors and ancestors, bless my country for thousands of generations, the country Zuo Yongchang, and kill the Wuzang clan." When Tang Feng read the last few words, he shuddered, "Kill the Wuzang clan, it seems that before Liang Zuo made up his mind to kill the Wuzang clan, he had come here, prayed to the immortal heaven, the mountains, rivers and mountains, the ancestors and the ancestors, and threw the Yugui written in advance into the golden well." ”

"Later, Liang Zuo really succeeded in killing the Wuzang family and regaining power." Han Jiang Road.

"The ascension to the throne of almost every Western Xia emperor was accompanied by bloody rain and merciless killing! The queen is not hidden, this enigmatic woman, what kind of woman is he? Is it a pampered and arrogant, * harem, a generation of demon queens who are in power and disorderly government, or an ordinary mother? Tang Feng remembered the lost skull again.

"Tang Feng, don't worry about what you don't hide the queen first, I dug up three pieces of jade and came up, but I still haven't seen the jade interstitial!" Han Jiang was a little impatient.

"Alright! I tell you what I think, when I found this well, I thought that this is not only the most honorable place on the top of the mountain, but also the most important and noble place in the entire Black Eagle Temple, so this well is likely to be the golden well where the Western Xia Emperor put Yugui. Do you remember when we were in the Seven-Colored Jinhai, the Grand Lama mentioned to us the whereabouts of the four jade interstitial screens? Tang Feng didn't wait for Han Jiang to speak, and continued: "The Great Lama said that the four jade inserts were sent to the east, south, west, and north when the Western Xia Dynasty was destroyed, so imagine where the jade inserts sent to Helan Mountain would be placed?" I will definitely choose the most dangerous and least difficult place to be found, and if that party warrior knows about the existence of Kanai, it is undoubtedly the most suitable place to put it here. ”

"Why not in the scripture building?" Han Jiang asked.

"Because the scripture building is built on the top of the mountain, it is easy to be hit by lightning fire, maybe when the Western Xia Dynasty fell to the country, the scripture building has been destroyed by lightning fire." Han Jiang wanted to say something, but Tang Feng didn't wait for him to speak, and said in one breath: "Can I still explain why it wasn't put in the apse?" Because although it is hidden, it is not impassable, and if anyone enters the front hall, he will first choose to enter the back hall, and he will not think that the jade insert will be stored in the golden well; Why not just find a random place to bury it? Because the treasure is hidden in order for people to find it in the future, it must be hidden in a specific place, and the jade insert cannot be buried somewhere. The jade insert screen is hidden in the golden well, which is not only unexpected and difficult to obtain, but also has the protection of vultures, but at the same time it leaves clues for those who have a heart. ”

"That's right! You have a point. But what about jade interstitials? It stands to reason that those three pieces of jade were put into Jinjing in the early days of Western Xia, and the jade insert was sent when the Western Xia died in the country, and the jade insert should be on top of these jade gui! Han Jiang raised his own questions.

"It makes sense to think so, but maybe the treasure hunter deliberately played a joke on us!" Tang Feng still looks confident.

"You mean the jade interstitial screen is still down there?"

"This party warrior must be a brave and resourceful person, think about it, after the loss of power in the Wuzang clan, Liang Zuo ordered the closure of the upper temple, demolished the plank road, and prevented outsiders from watching, this party warrior must have suffered a lot before putting the jade interstitial screen in the golden well, so he will definitely do everything possible to make it not so easy for future generations to find the jade interstitial."

"I understand, that party warrior must have taken out a few pieces of jade gui, and then buried the jade interstitial screen deeply, and then put a few pieces of jade gui on it, so that the unknown treasure thief would not have thought that the jade interlude would be under the jade gui." Han Jiang seemed to have opened his mind, and he waved the shovel again, only this time he became extremely cautious.