1

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan spent a difficult few hours in Ji Moshen's office, and when the day was about to dawn, the two fell asleep, but not long after the two fell asleep, suddenly, Tang Feng's mobile phone rang, and the mobile phone ringtone was particularly harsh in the quiet office, Tang Feng, who was awakened, hurriedly took out his mobile phone and saw that the screen displayed a completely unfamiliar number, certainly not Chinese, like a local landline in Petersburg, Tang Feng just wanted to answer it, Liang Yuan suddenly shouted at him: "You are crazy, if this call is Ilyugin, Or the gang of men in black called, as soon as you pick it up, we will be exposed. ”

When Tang Feng heard this, his heart trembled violently, yes! Fortunately, they met the kind-hearted Tymoshin, otherwise they would have nowhere to stay now! In case it is exposed, not only will he finish playing, but he will also affect Tymoshen. Tang Feng froze there, he put the mobile phone on Ji Moshen's desk, neither answered the phone, nor did he press the call, just like that, let the familiar ringtone flutter in the silent office, Tang Feng's eyes stared at the mobile phone screen that was shining in the dark, at this moment, he suddenly felt that this familiar ringtone became extremely terrifying! The ringtone stopped, but only for a moment, the terrifying ringtone rang again, Tang Feng couldn't stand it anymore, he wanted to make this ringtone stop, he suddenly went crazy and threw himself at the mobile phone on the table, Tang Feng's hands trembled violently, he found the shutdown button, his hands trembled even more, he pressed the shutdown button, and the ringtone finally stopped.

Turning off the phone, Tang Feng washed his face in the bathroom, and returned to Ji Moshen's desk, Liang Yuan saw that Tang Feng's face was extremely ugly, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

Tang Feng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm too nervous these days, I'm scared!" Rest for a while and you'll be fine. ”

"When we were hunted down a few months ago, you weren't like that, were you?"

"It's different, it's a completely foreign environment, and we don't get any support here."

"Aren't you supported by your Russian counterparts?"

"Tymoshen? No, even if Tymoshen is kind enough to help us, we can't stay here for long, it will hurt him. Within three days, we had to figure out a way, otherwise we would have to go to the Chinese consulate, but in that case, our task would be completely over. Tang Feng said worriedly.

"I don't know what happened to Dr. Han Jianghe?" Liang Yuan asked worriedly.

"It's definitely a lot of bad luck, but if they can get the help of Yelena and Makarov, maybe they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

"But when we went to Yelena's apartment, Iryukin's people were already there, could it be that Han Jiang and Dr. went to find Yelena, but they were served by Iryukin."

This is exactly what Tang Feng is worried about, the so-called method he came up with within three days is just to find Han Jiang as soon as possible, because Tang Feng knows that with the strength of him and Liang Yuan alone, it is already good to be able to protect himself, if he wants to turn defeat into victory, he can only find Han Jiang as soon as possible, but if there is really the worst situation that Liang Yuan said, what should he do? Tang Feng didn't dare to think about it, he shook his head and said to Liang Yuan: "If Yelena is indeed reliable, I think with Han Jiang and Yelena's kung fu, Iryujin's people will not easily catch him." ”

"I hope so!" Liang Yuan prayed silently in her heart.

2

Tang Feng completely calmed down, felt a burst of hunger in his belly, he lifted the corner of the heavy curtain to look outside, the sky was already bright, and then looked at the watch, it should have already passed the work time, but Ji Moshen had not come to work yet. However, it is not surprising that these scholars, who are engaged in research, do not have a fixed working time. Tang Feng thought, inadvertently flipped through the mountains of books and research materials piled up on Ji Moshen's desk, including Russian, English, French, and of course, a lot of Chinese, Tang Feng while flipping through these books, while tidying up the desk for Ji Moshen, he classified the books into one category, and then, put those research materials and waste paper into one category, Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng curiously: "What are you doing?" ”

"Isn't there nothing to do? Look at Tymoshin's book. ”

"Well, you haven't said yet, how did you know him?"

"I met him that day when I visited the Winter Palace, and he was about the same as me, or even a little more professional than me."

"Oh! So, you all have a common language! Liang Yuan said with a smile.

Tang Feng shook his head, "I came to Petersburg on a mission, so it was inconvenient to reveal my true identity to him, but I still showed my stuff in front of him that day." ”

"Hehe, you're not agent material."

"yes, I'm thinking, when this is over, I'll go back to the university to do research, this is really not a human life." Tang Feng complained.

"I think this kind of life is quite interesting, anyway, I was too strict with my father and my grandfather since I was a child, and I didn't have any freedom at all, until I went to study in the United States, and finally got rid of my father's control." Liang Yuan said helplessly.

Tang Feng asked curiously, "The two of us have been together for so long, and you haven't told me about your father and your grandfather in detail." Of course, I know that mentioning your grandfather at this time is a painful thing for you. ”

Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, in fact, my father has nothing to talk about, he loves me very much and treats me very strictly, but then I found a trick to deal with him, and he is a daughter of mine, so once I have a disagreement with him, I will be coquettish in front of him, and he will not withdraw." ”

"It's like you have to follow us this time."

"Yes, in contrast, although my grandfather was also very strict with me, it was a different kind of strictness from my father, my father was very straightforward in his speech and actions, and often lacked feelings, so when I was angry with my father, he often called him a 'cold-blooded animal', while my grandfather was kind, he taught me, like a knowledgeable and kind old professor, in my impression, grandpa seemed to know everything, so I liked to be with grandpa."

"What about your business? Is it like the legend from the outside world? Your grandfather suddenly made his first pot of gold in the seventies of the last century, and then your family's business got bigger and bigger, and then it passed on to your father, and it became what it is today. Tang Feng asked again.

Liang Yuan shook her head and said, "I said that I don't care about our family's business, and I don't know how my grandfather started a business, anyway, when I was born, our family's business was already quite large." ”

When Liang Yuan spoke, Tang Feng suddenly noticed a necklace exposed on her chest, which was a necklace with a necklace, the necklace was heart-shaped, gold-plated, and it was very good-looking, but it looked a little old. Tang Feng had also noticed that Liang Yuan had worn this necklace before, but he had never asked her about the origin of this necklace, Tang Feng pointed to the necklace on Liang Yuan's chest and asked, "How can a young and fashionable girl like you bring an old-fashioned necklace?" ”

"What? Do you think it's not pretty? Liang Yuan asked rhetorically.

"Nope! It's beautiful, I just feel weird, so ask. ”

Liang Yuan took off the necklace and opened the necklace pendant with a snap, Tang Feng noticed that the original necklace was empty this time, and it seemed to be a photo inside, Liang Yuan pointed to this photo and said to Tang Feng: "Because this necklace was left by my mother, I have been carrying it since my mother died." ”

Liang Yuan handed the necklace to Tang Feng, Tang Feng looked at the black and white photo that was not very clear, on the photo, it was a woman with a delicate face, the woman was dignified and noble, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, but Tang Feng felt that this smile was a little reluctant and a little unnatural.

"This is Liang Yuan's mother?" Tang Feng thought wildly, he returned the necklace to Liang Yuan, and asked Liang Yuan again: "Why have I never heard you talk about your mother." ”

"Because my mother died when I was seven years old, I have very little memory of her, and if I hadn't seen this photo often, my impression of her would have been even more vague." As she spoke, Liang Yuan's eyes seemed to moisten.

Tang Feng looked at Liang Yuan, he didn't know how to comfort her, just when Tang Feng was at a loss, he suddenly saw a thin piece of information on Ji Moshen's desk, the information was a photocopy, it seemed that this information was very old, Tang Feng picked up this information with great curiosity.

3

This is a document from the Tsarist era, because of the age, it may have been yellowed, so this photocopy is not very clear, and the Russian words on the cover of the material, Tang Feng fought for a long time before he stammered and read it out - Wei ...... Big...... Target...... Tower.

The Great Tower? Tang Feng seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember for a while, under the "Great Tower", there was another string of Russian words, and Tang Feng quickly recognized that it was a Russian name - Alexei Ivanovich Ivanov? Tang Feng has always been very interested in the lengthy names of Russians, and he didn't think about it carefully, so he opened the information, which was very brief, but Tang Feng's Russian level was very average, so Tang Feng read it for a long time before he roughly understood the content of the information, which mainly introduced the Russian explorer Kozlov's two thefts of Blackwater City in Western Xia in 1908 and 1909. This was exactly what Tang Feng was interested in, but when he wanted to read it carefully again, he heard the sound of the key opening the door.

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were nervous, could there be anyone else besides Ji Moshen? The grand door of the palace finally opened, but only a narrow slit was exposed, and a tall and thin figure flashed into the door, and closed the door tightly.

"How many keys does this door have?" Tang Feng asked nervously as soon as he saw Ji Moshen.

Ji Moshen was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what Tang Feng meant, he took out the key and explained to Tang Feng: "It turns out that there are three of them, one for me, one for the old professor in my office, and one for the security department." Then the old professor retired and gave me his key. ”

"Oh, there's one from the Ministry of Security?"

"Don't worry, they don't usually come to the office to check, the key is only in the security department, and after so many years, maybe their people don't know where the key is." Tymoshin explained.

"That's fine, alas, I forgot to ask you, why did you suddenly disappear that day in the little Hermitage Palace?"

"Oh, that day it was because the curator suddenly had something important to look for me, and I saw that you were engrossed in watching the mechanical peacock open the screen, so I didn't bother you, and left first." Tymoshin's explanation sounds plausible.

"That mechanical peacock is truly ingenious." Tang Feng exclaimed.

"By the way, I also have a question for you, you said that you are being chased, who is chasing you? I can call the police for you if you need to. Tymoshin asked with concern.

"Don't, don't call the police." Tang Feng looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and after holding it for a long time, Tang Feng muttered: "This matter is very complicated, and if you call the police, it will be even more complicated, so ...... Trust us, we're not bad people, and rest assured, we'll only be with you for three days at most. ”

"Nope! - Nope! Tang Feng, I'm not trying to drive you away, I'm just curious, if you don't want to say it, forget it. Tymoshin said generously.

"I'm sorry for the trouble, I'll tell you everything when I have a chance in the future."

"I hope that one day! You must all be hungry, I've brought you some food. After Ji Moshen finished speaking, Tang Feng noticed that Ji Moshen brought them a lot of fast food.

Although Tang Feng and Liang Yuan don't like to eat these Western-style fast food, but now that they are in trouble, it would be good to have this. While the two were eating, Timoshen caught a glimpse of the document on the table. He picked up the information and flipped through it in confusion.

"I was bored, so I flipped through it." Tang Feng explained with some embarrassment.

"It seems that you are indeed interested in Western Xia. What do you think? Can you understand this information? Tymoshin asked.

"I probably understand, the main record on the information is Kozlov's discovery of Blackwater City, but my Russian level is really not very good, so there are still many places on it that I haven't figured out."

"Alright then, I'll tell you about this information, which is the 'Great Tower' mentioned above!" Tymoshen said slowly.

4

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan gathered over, both curiously looked at the information in Tymoshen's hand, Tymoshen pointed to the name on the cover - Alexei Ivanovich Ivanov, introduced: "Although this information is very short, but it is very important, this person is the author of the information, Tang Feng, this Russian name you may not be familiar with, but when it comes to his Chinese name, you must have heard that this person is a famous sinologist in China, an orientalist, and the founder of Western Xia Studies, Yifengge." ”

"Yifeng Pavilion! No wonder I felt a little familiar when I looked at the Russian name just now, it turned out to be the famous Yifeng Pavilion! Tang Feng was too familiar with this name, but just now he didn't associate that lengthy Russian name with the name of Yifeng Pavilion.

"Yes, because in the Western Xia academic circles, and even in the entire Oriental academic circles, Yifeng Pavilion's great name is known to everyone, but everyone has forgotten his original Russian name. Graduated in 1901 from the Faculty of Oriental Languages of St. Petersburg University with a degree in Chinese-Manchurian language, he was gifted with intelligence, and it is no exaggeration to say that he was a genius, and he had a great talent for the history, language, and culture of the East. One day in 1909, Yi Feng Ge opened a large package of Western Xia documents brought back by Kozlov from Blackwater City in the room of the Geographical Society, and in these messy documents, Yi Feng Ge found a completely unseen text, which is the Western Xia language, Yi Feng Ge then understood that it turned out that Kozlov was transported back by camel twice before and after, and it turned out to be the history of that distant dynasty more than 800 years ago. ”

Tymoshen paused, and then continued: "And this brief information is a report compiled by Yifengge based on Kozlov's account of the experience and the photographs taken by the expedition. Do you know what Kozlov's purpose was when he went on an expedition to China? You must know that he didn't know that his trip to China would have such a shocking discovery. ”

"The purpose? I only know that there were many explorers who went to western China for various purposes, such as Stein in England, Birch in France, and so on. Tang Feng didn't speak, but Liang Yuan said first.

"Yes, there were many explorers who went to western China in those days, but Kozlov went to China just for a legend?"

"A legend?" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan invariably thought of the legend of the jade interstitial screen.

Of course, Kozlov would not have known about the jade interlude back then, because at that time, even many scholars had not heard of the Western Xia dynasty, the history of Western Xia had long ended, and the writing of Western Xia had also been lost, this was a dynasty completely buried by history, and even Kozlov himself did not know what he dug up back then? Tymoshin explained unhurriedly: "A legend is that at the end of the 19th century, the famous Russian traveler Potanin recorded in one of his biographies a legend he heard somewhere in northwest China, saying that in the desert, there was a city, and that city contained many treasures, so Kozlov came to China after receiving funding from the Geographical Society in order to verify this legend. ”

"Back then, Kozlov came to China thousands of miles away for an ethereal legend, and now, he is also in danger for the legend about Hanhai Mi City!" Tang Feng suddenly felt that he and Han Jiang had the same goal as Kozlov a hundred years ago, but he quickly rejected this stupid idea, "Kozlov came to China to steal treasures, but we weren't!" However, the legend that Potanin heard would not refer to the Hanhai Mi City that we were looking for, and Kozlov just hit the big luck and let him run into Blackwater City, and Blackwater City does not have any legendary treasures, only tens of thousands of Western Xia documents, maybe this is the arrangement of fate. ”

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Just when Tang Feng was full of cranky thoughts, Tymoshin began to introduce Kozlov's expedition again: "Kozlov arrived in the depths of the Badain Jaran Desert about April 1908, but he could not find the legendary city, he invited the locals to be guides again and again, but they were rejected by the local Turghut Mongols, and finally, Kozlov paid a heavy salute to the Mongol prince Darcy, who ruled here, and the prince was moved by Kozlov's gift, so he sent two local guides who were familiar with the terrain, He led Kozlov's expedition to the desert in search of the vanished city, and with the help of a local guide, Kozlov arrived in the desert city of Blackwater. Kozlov later recalled: 'I will never forget the ecstatic feeling of that moment......'. ”

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan's eyes saw the scene of Kozlov's ecstasy when he came to Blackwater City.

Tymoshin continued: "Next, Kozlov excavated more than a dozen boxes of Buddhist scriptures in the streets and ruins of houses in Blackwater, as well as daily necessities of the people at that time. Kozlov was obviously not satisfied with this result, because no legendary treasure was found here, so Kozlov sent back to Petersburg with ten boxes of antiquities that had been found, and he himself led the expedition to Sichuan, believing that more important discoveries would be made from Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, but when he arrived in Qinghai, he suddenly received a letter from the Royal Geographical Society, asking him to return to Blackwater City immediately and do more digging. ”

"Why is that?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.

Without waiting for Timoshen to speak, Tang Feng explained to Liang Yuan: "Because the ten boxes of cultural relics were transported to Petersburg, the experts of the Geographical Society, no one knew the strange Tangut characters on it, they felt that what Kozlov dug up was extraordinary, and there must be more important discoveries in Blackwater City, so the Geographical Society asked Kozlov to give up his plan to go to Sichuan and return to Blackwater City to excavate with all his might." ”

"That's right! Tang Feng, you're right, that's it. Kozlov was also very excited, after receiving the letter, it took only nine days to rush back to Heishui City from Qinghai, it was June 1909, this time Kozlov did not gain much from excavating in the city, so he moved the focus of the excavation to some pagodas outside the city. One of the large stupas is located on the dry river bed 400 meters west of the city, the imposing momentum, among all the towers, stand out from the crowd, particularly eye-catching, this tower became the first target of Kozlov's excavation, when he opened the tower, Kozlov was shocked, because this large stupa is full of all kinds of Buddha statues and various scriptures written in Tangut, Chinese, Sanskrit. ”

"This is the 'Great Tower'?" Liang Yuan asked.

"Yes, this is the big stupa that Kozlov hailed as the 'Great Tower', you see the picture above." As he spoke, Ji Moshen pointed to an unclear photo on the information and showed it to Tang Feng and Liang Yuan.

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan saw that in that photo, it was the big stupa that Kozlov had opened in a savage way, and the stupa was full of various scriptures and Buddha statues. Tymoshin pointed to the photo and said: "This discovery, not only in terms of quantity far more than the last time, but also in terms of quality, Kozlov's last discovery of cultural relics is mostly items used by the people, and this discovery is mostly items used by nobles, especially this large stupa, and even a number of royal things, many documents that were later regarded as classics by Tangut scholars are from here, for example, you saw the Tangut geography work "Shengli Yihai", as well as the famous Tangut Chinese dictionary "Fanhan Heshi Palm Beads" And so on, it is even no exaggeration to say that it was because of the discovery of this tower that there was later Western Xia Studies. ”

"So, it's a 'great tower'!" Liang Yuan exclaimed.

Tang Feng bowed his head and was silent, what Timoshen said, he knew most of it before, so he was not very interested, he casually flipped through the thin pages of Russian materials, suddenly, he pointed to a close-up photo of a Buddha statue on the information, and asked Timoshen: "Where do I seem to have seen this Buddha statue?" ”

"Of course you did, you saw it here the other day." Ji Moshen's words reminded Tang Feng of the Buddha statue he saw in the Chinese Pavilion in the Winter Palace a few days ago.

6

Tang Feng asked again: "But the Buddha statue I saw here is just a head, and in this photo, this Buddha statue still has a complete body, looking at the photo of the cross-legged meditation, is the body of this Buddha statue gone?" ”

Ji Moshen didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer Tang Feng's question, he asked Tang Feng to take a closer look at the Buddha statue in the photo, Tang Feng once again carefully looked at the Buddha statue in the photo, the Buddha statue in the photo, the head is still the same head, but it has a complete body. It was a feminine body, which is not surprising, in Buddhist statues, especially in Tibetan Buddhism, many Buddhist statues are female figures, or androgynous, with both female and male features, but the Buddha statue in this photo is completely female, just ...... It's just that Tang Feng suddenly noticed that the body of this Buddha statue seemed to be scarred, and his body was full of cracks, seeing this, Tang Feng asked Ji Moshen: "The body of this Buddha statue looks like it's about to crack?" ”

Timoshin smiled: "You observed very carefully, but it's not that it's about to crack, but when this photo was taken, it was already cracked, I don't know what's going on, it was damaged when Kozlov opened the big stupa, or because there was a problem with the materials used to make the Buddha statue, plus the age, anyway, when this photo was taken, the body parts of this Buddha statue were already cracked." This Buddha statue is unusually tall in the large stupa, the largest of all the Buddha statues, and its position in the stupa is also in the middle, indicating that this Buddha statue is very important. ”

"Yes, I saw that this Buddha statue is located in the center of the big stupa in the back position, which in the ancient Chinese tradition, is the position of the Venerable, and the other Buddha statues are around it, which means that this Buddha statue is revered." Tang Feng affirmed Ji Moshen's opinion.

"Do you know why?"

"Why? ......" Tang Feng hesitated slightly.

"Because this Buddha statue is wrapped in a corpse!" Ji Moshen didn't wait for Tang Feng to speak, and directly said the answer.

"The bones in the Buddha statue!" Liang Yuan was stunned. But Tang Feng was still a little calm.

When Kozlov found the statue, the body of the statue had been cracked, and there was a tear in the head, and Kozlov found the bones from the cracked fragments, and he was so frightened that he hastily wrapped the bones separately and sent them to Petersburg for examination by experts. After the expert examination, it was determined that the skeleton was a woman about 30 years old, or older, belonging to the Tibetan-Arian-Mongolian race, and in addition, the Buddhist scriptures and some other documents found near this Buddha statue appeared on the seal of the Empress Dowager Wuzang, so some scholars believe that this skeleton is the last queen of Yuan Hao, and the mother of the second emperor of Western Xia, the mother of Liang Zuo. ”

"What? Are you saying that this corpse is not hidden by the queen? Tang Feng was also stunned.

Tymoshen nodded, "But ...... But the tomb of the Wuzang clan should be in the tomb of the Xixia King at the foot of Helan Mountain, how could he run to the tower of Blackwater City? Tang Feng still couldn't believe it.

"Don't forget, in ancient China, there were many tombs, and there were examples of the bodies of the deceased being processed and sealed to make Buddha statues." Tymoshen reminded Tang Feng.

"Yes, in ancient China, many enlightened monks were buried under or inside the pagoda after they died, and after some enlightened monks passed away, they were made into mummified corpses, and then made into Buddha statues and put into the pagoda, but those were all monks, and the general Chinese still believe in burial in the earth." Tang Feng retorted.

Ji Moshen smiled, "Tang Feng, don't forget that the Wuzang clan is a party member, not a Han person, so the concept of entering the soil for security should not be very strong in the minds of the party people, which can be seen from the unearthed tombs of the party people, many party people are in the form of cremation, not burial; Moreover, and the most important point, the Wuzang family believed in Buddhism all his life, and the Chengtian Temple Tower that stands in Yinchuan City, Ningxia is her masterpiece, and the Wuzang family also became a monk, it was in the temple that she gave birth to the second generation of the emperor of the Western Xia! ”

Tang Feng had to bow down, he didn't expect this young Russian scholar to know China so well, China's history, culture, and nation, he simply knew it well! As Ji Moshen said, he never left the Tibetan clan and gave birth to the future emperor Lang Zuo in the monastery, but somehow, at this time, Tang Feng's eyes appeared in front of the appearance of the seven-colored brocade seaside lama.

7

Tang Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "I really convinced you, you know too comprehensively." But I still can't accept this inference for a while? ”

Ji Moshen paused for a moment, and then said: "In addition, there is another point, which cannot be ignored, although we now have very little historical materials in the Western Xia, but one thing is certain, the Wuzang clan and her brother Wuzang Epang have been in power in the Western Xia for more than ten years, and finally, the little emperor grew up and was very dissatisfied with the Wuzang family's sole control of the dynasty, so Lang Zuo launched a coup d'état and relieved the rights of the Wuzang family. Think about it, what will happen to the Wuzang family who have been relieved of their rights? If I'm not mistaken, when the Wuzang family lost power, the Empress Dowager of Wuzang should still be alive, then think about what her biological son, the emperor of Western Xia, would do with his mother. ”

"Let her mother return to the temple and be sent to the distant city of Blackwater?" Tang Feng trembled and said what he thought was the most likely ending.

"Yes, Tang Feng, you are very smart, and I think so too, which not only restricts the rights of the Wuzang family, but also does not bear the charge of 'unfilial piety'. Based on the above judgment, I believe that the bones in this Buddha statue are the empress of Yuan Hao, the founding emperor of Western Xia. Tymoshin affirmed.

"So, where is such an important skeleton now?" Tang Feng asked.

Tymoshin spread her hands and said: "It's a pity that this skeleton was lost later, but we can't be blamed for this, only Hitler, the German fascists, you should know that in the Great Patriotic War, the city was surrounded by the Germans for almost three years, almost every street here was fought, shelling and bombing made the city almost in ruins. It was in this terrible war that the skeleton mysteriously disappeared, which has also become a regret for us scholars. However, it is strange that after the end of World War II, someone found this head in the storeroom of the Winter Palace again. ”

"Only this avatar is left?" Liang Yuan asked.

"Well, I can't find the skeleton in the other parts. When Kozlov brought back this head, there was also a crack on it, but it did not appear to be completely cracked like the body part, and later for research purposes, the head was also opened, and it was indeed a female skull inside. But strangely, when the head was rediscovered, it was intact. ”

"Maybe it's been tinkered with, it's just ...... Is it just that the skull is still in there? Tang Feng asked.

"I don't know, I still don't know what's going on, who repaired the avatar? Is there still that skull in there? ”

Tang Feng nodded thoughtfully, but Liang Yuan suddenly sighed: "If there is still a hidden queen's skull in this head in the Winter Palace, wouldn't it be that her soul has been wandering in this foreign land, alas! O wretched woman! ”

"Soul? You mean ghosts! Tymoshin laughed.

When Ji Moshen said the word "ghost", Tang Feng and Liang Yuan trembled unconsciously, and they immediately thought of the ghost light flickering in the Winter Palace at night. Could it be that the ghost of the Empress Wuzang? Tang Feng wanted to ask Ji Moshen again, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Tang Feng looked at his watch, and before he knew it, it was already afternoon, and Ji Moshen hadn't eaten, so the three of them swept away the rest of the fast food together. Ji Moshen went out to buy some food and left it for Tang Feng, and then chatted with Tang Feng for a few more words, and it was dark.

Ji Moshen got up to leave, but Tang Feng still looked preoccupied, and Ji Moshen asked with concern: "What, is there any other problem?" ”

"Nope! No. But ......" Tang Feng looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and held back for a while before he said: "But I'm still worried that someone else will come in here, especially since you told me the story of the Empress Wuzang today." ”

"You're worried about ghosts coming in, right? Hehe! Tymoshin laughed.

"Nope! I can't say it either! ”

"Okay, Tang Feng, you don't have to worry, just stay here at night, don't go anywhere, no one else will come in." When Ji Moshen said this, he suddenly remembered something, he quickly removed a key from his bunch of keys and handed it to Tang Feng, "This is the key that the old professor left me after he retired, although you don't need this, but just in case, I still leave you a key." ”

Tang Feng took the key, and Ji Moshen told again: "Don't go out at night, especially don't go to the gate leading to the Winter Palace." There is an alarm there, and when someone touches the door at night, the alarm will go off, so don't do it! ”

After a while, Ji Moshen left the office, and in the huge office, only Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were left, and the two looked at each other, they didn't know how they would spend this long winter night.

8

In the cold winter, the days in Petersburg became short and extravagant, and after Timoshin left, it soon got dark, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan had nothing to do, and the two leaned back on the sofa and quickly fell asleep.

Liang Yuan dreamed of her mother, her mother's voice and appearance became clear again, and in her sleep, she and her mother kept silently watching each other...... Until she was awakened by a noise. In the dark, Liang Yuan listened attentively, there was silence all around, there was no sound, but she was timid and still woke up Tang Feng beside her: "I seem to have heard a voice just now?" ”

"What sound?" Tang Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked.

"I don't know, it looks like it's outside."

Tang Feng looked at his watch through the faint light coming in from the window, it was early in the morning, he listened to the outside, there was a dead silence outside the door, there was no movement, "Didn't you hear any sound?" Tang Feng asked Liang Yuan rhetorically.

"I was sleeping well just now, and I was awakened by that voice, really!" Liang Yuan said very seriously.

"Maybe it's the sound you heard in your dream!" Tang Feng said with a smile.

Liang Yuan listened carefully again, and there was indeed no sound outside, "Is it really the sound I heard in my dream?" Liang Yuan herself began to waver.

"Alright, don't be suspicious!" Tang Feng persuaded.

Liang Yuan didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something, and as if he was listening to the sound outside, after a while, Liang Yuan suddenly asked Tang Feng again: "Do you believe what Ji Moshen said to us today?" ”

"What words? The Great Tower? ”

"Nope! I mean the ghost of the Queen! Liang Yuan said seriously.

"No kidding, even if the woman who is sealed in the Buddha statue is the queen of the Buddha, there can't be a ghost." Tang Feng scoffed at Liang Yuan's wild speculation.

"Don't believe it, I've heard the old people say before that after death, if you can't be buried according to your wishes, you will become a lonely ghost and wander in the world, which is what we call a 'ghost', and Westerners call this a 'ghost'."

"I didn't think you were very old, and you were quite superstitious. Who told you this, if so, there are too many lonely souls and wild ghosts in the world. ”

"Anyway, that's what I thought, Empress Wuzang was supposed to stay well in the tower, but she was taken to Petersburg so far away by Kozlov, and now her body is gone, only a skull remains, how pitiful! Do you think she'll give up? The more Liang Yuan spoke, the more energetic he became.

"You're so worried about the dead! Since you are so interested in this issue, then I will tell you my analysis, first of all, whether the corpse is not hidden by the queen, but also a big question mark, you think about the queen is the mother of a country, how can it be hastily stored in the tower of Blackwater City, you must know that Blackwater City is an important frontier town in Western Xia, even in the eyes of the party at that time, it is also a very desolate and distant barren land. ”

"Didn't all this Tymoshin explain?"

That is just the personal opinion of him and a few foreign scholars, and it does not explain anything, strictly speaking, it can only be their speculation, and there is a lack of evidence to support it. He was able to connect the skeleton in the tower with the queen of Muzang. Even if Liang Zuo was relieved of the right to have no collector and sent his mother, the Empress Dowager, to the temple, it should be in the temple of Xingqing Mansion, which is not only easy to control, but also to reduce the infamy of unfilial piety, so logically speaking, Timoshen's speculative explanation is not so reasonable. Also, the tomb of the Xixia King under Helan Mountain is still standing there, which shows that although the Dangxiang people do not pay attention to burial like the Han people, but the high-ranking nobles of the Dangxiang are buried, so the Wuzang clan, as the queen of Yuanhao, has a noble status, and there is no reason to be made into a Buddha statue and placed in the tower. ”

"Then who do you say is the woman in the Buddha statue?"

"I don't know, it's really strange, the woman in the Buddha statue? A strange woman, however, you can rest assured, no matter whether the woman in the Buddha statue is not a hidden queen or not, she will not become a ghost, and the Buddha head in the Chinese Pavilion may not still have the woman's skull. Didn't Tymoshin say that when this skeleton was tested, the head was also opened, but later this Buddha statue was repaired, I think it should have been repaired by the museum staff after World War II, and when it was repaired, the skull should have been missing along with the skeleton, and it is unlikely that the skull will be put in the repaired Buddha head again. ”

"I hope so, but I still feel that there are ghosts floating in the Winter Palace, not the Empress Wuzang, but also the Tsar's...... Listen, that's what I heard just now. Liang Yuan suddenly said in horror.

A strange voice came from outside the door, Tang Feng's heart was suddenly clenched, the sound was not loud, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan looked at each other, no one knew what the sound was made.

"It looks like it's in the hallway." Liang Yuan whispered. Tang Feng was still listening, but the voice soon disappeared again, and calm returned to the door.

9

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan waited in the dark, waiting for the strange voice to sound again, but the strange voice didn't sound again, "No, I'm going to go out and have a look." Liang Yuan suddenly proposed.

"Nope! We must not leave here. Tang Feng warned Liang Yuan.

"I'm already suffocating here, and we're not here to take refuge in Petersburg, we should go out and have a look, at least we can breathe."

"No! In case ......" Tang Feng didn't finish speaking, Liang Yuan broke free of Tang Feng and had already opened the door, Tang Feng saw that he couldn't stop Liang Yuan, so he hurriedly got up and went to Ji Moshen's desk to find a flashlight, he remembered that he saw a small flashlight here in Ji Moshen during the day, in a panic, Tang Feng opened a drawer of his desk, which was cluttered with some materials, and a flashlight, Tang Feng didn't know if this flashlight was the one he saw during the day, and he didn't know if there was a battery in this flashlight, he grabbed the flashlight in the drawer and tried it, The flashlight was electric, but when Tang Feng looked at the door again, Liang Yuan was gone.

Tang Feng rushed out of the door, and the wide corridor outside was empty, "Where did Liang Yuan run away after such a while?" Tang Feng walked to the end of the corridor suspiciously, and when he turned around, it was a wide corridor again, Tang Feng trembled and turned on the flashlight, shining towards this corridor, the pillar of light swayed in the corridor, Tang Feng found that there were doors on both sides of the corridor, and the end of the corridor was still a door, Tang Feng gently pushed the doors on the side of the corridor, he was afraid that Liang Yuan would run into these doors, but these doors did not move at all, he did not dare to call Liang Yuan's name, and even dared not make a sound, Tang Feng cautiously walked to the end of this large corridor step by step, Here again is a door, a tall and luxurious gate.

Tang Feng used a flashlight to shine at this door, which was beautifully carved with ornaments, and even pasted with gold in some places, shining in the darkness. Tang Feng didn't know where this door led, he pushed this exquisite door with his hand, to his surprise, this seemingly heavy door actually opened with a light push, Tang Feng pushed open a crack and dodged into the gate.

In the dark, Tang Feng felt that there was a large space inside the door, he used a flashlight to shine into the door, in the huge room, neatly placed rows of easels, Tang Feng walked into a row of easels, he was surprised to find that the easel was hung on the famous work of the great Spanish painter Goya "Portrait of Antonia Zarate", Tang Feng hurriedly looked at other easels, all of them were world classic paintings. Where is this? Tang Feng thought to himself, and suddenly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Could it be that I entered the Winter Palace." Tang Feng looked around, and he finally confirmed that he was really in the Winter Palace, and it was empty at night.

Tang Feng remembered that Ji Moshen had told him that there was a door in the corridor on the second floor that could lead to the exhibition hall of the Winter Palace, could it be the door he had just pushed open? But Tang Feng clearly remembered that Ji Moshen clearly said that the door was locked at night, and he specifically told not to go near this door, there is an alarm device here at night, but ...... But it was incredible that he had entered the Winter Palace so easily.

Tang Feng walked back to the exquisite door, and shone the door with a flashlight again, this time he clearly saw that there were two alarm devices installed next to the door, but when he came in, the alarm device did not sound? Tang Feng looked at the top of the exhibition hall of the Winter Palace in confusion, the top of the hall was resplendent with carved mythological figures, the top of the pillars was pasted with gold, and the ceiling was painted with large oil paintings, but Tang Feng didn't see the surveillance cameras that are common in ordinary museums, "Maybe it's to protect ancient buildings, right?" Tang Feng thought so, retreated to the exquisite door, he wanted to go back quickly, maybe Liang Yuan had already gone back, he had broken into the Winter Palace by mistake, it was a big mistake, and he couldn't continue to go forward, but Tang Feng suddenly felt that his feet didn't seem to obey, he stopped in front of the gate again, and turned around and walked in the opposite direction, a mysterious force pushed him out of this exhibition hall, maybe he couldn't resist the temptation of a person to enjoy so many works of art alone, or maybe it was ......

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Tang Feng didn't know why, he walked into an exhibition hall again, Tang Feng stopped to admire the paintings in this exhibition hall, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian,...... Suddenly, when Tang Feng turned to another easel, he and a black shadow pretended to be full, and the flashlight in Tang Feng's hand also fell to the floor, who is this? Phantom? Ran into a ghost yourself? No! It's not a ghost, because Tang Feng smelled a familiar smell, it was Liang Yuan's smell.

The black shadow also recognized Tang Feng in front of him, and said coquettishly: "You hurt me!" ”

"Liang Yuan, is that you?" As he spoke, Tang Feng hugged Liang Yuan's soft body and felt her breathing.

The two kept embracing each other in the dark, and after a long while, Liang Yuan said softly: "Of course it's me." Who else could there be but me? ”

Tang Feng let go of Liang Yuan and said, "You scared me to death, I ...... I thought it was ......"

"Hehe, you think of me as the ghost of the unhidden queen!" Liang Yuan chuckled.

"Quietly, where did you just run? I thought you were ......" Tang Feng didn't say any more.

Liang Yuan was not scared at all at the moment, she explained to Tang Feng: "When I ran out, I heard that strange sound again, and I judged that the sound came from that big corridor, so I came to that big corridor again, but when I arrived, the voice disappeared again. I dared to walk down the corridor for a while, trying to go back to you, but I didn't know what was going on, as if there was a force that was drawing me in, pushing me, to the end of the hallway, and then I gently pushed open the door and entered here. ”

"Mystical powers?" Tang Feng remembered that he was also pushed by a strange force just now to come here. Tang Feng tried his best to calm himself down, he didn't believe that there was any supernatural power in this world, Tang Feng calmed down, picked up the flashlight that fell on the floor, and asked Liang Yuan: "Do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

"What place? I think we should be inside the Hermitage by now. Liang Yuan looked around and guessed.

"Yes, we entered the exhibition hall of the Winter Palace, and the alarm device did not alarm, this is so strange, Tymoshen obviously said that this door is locked at night, and there is an alarm device, but we came in so easily."

"It's weird, but I think it's funny."

"Let's go back quickly."

"Why go back! Anyway, we're already in, it's just the two of us, how nice, I haven't visited it yet, why don't we have a night tour of the Winter Palace. ”

"You're crazy, we could touch the alarm at any time here."

"Anyway, I'm not going back, if you're afraid, go back first!" Liang Yuan became so bold at this time.

Tang Feng shook his head helplessly, so he had to follow Liang Yuan to continue walking, the two walked through one exhibition hall after another, Malachite Hall, Field Marshal Hall, Peter Audience Hall, Heraldic Hall, the two walked up to the third floor, here is still one exhibition hall after another, it seems that there is no end, when going up the stairs, Tang Feng saw two alarm devices on the stairs, but the two alarm devices still did not sound, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan wandered in the exhibition hall on the third floor suspiciously, they had already left the legend of the ghost behind.

"Huh? How did we get here? Tang Feng whispered in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

"This is the China Pavilion."

"China Pavilion? Are there artifacts from Western Xia inside? Liang Yuan asked curiously.

"Well, the last time I visited, I saw that there were several Western Xia artifacts that Kozlov brought from Blackwater City on display, including the Buddha head that Tymoshin said."

"Oh! Didn't hide the queen's skull? ”

Tang Feng hadn't answered yet, but Liang Yuan had already entered the Chinese Pavilion. The Chinese Pavilion was pitch black, and Liang Yuan was unconsciously in the center of the exhibition hall, looking around and seeing nothing. Suddenly, a bright light shot in, Liang Yuan turned to look, it was the flashlight in Tang Feng's hand, she whispered: "Hurry up!" Let me see the Buddha head. ”

Tang Feng walked up to Liang Yuan and used a flashlight to shine a light on the nearest display case, which contained several landscape paintings. Although Tang Feng had been here, Tang Feng couldn't tell the direction in the dark, so he pulled Liang Yuan and carefully moved forward along the display cabinet step by step......

11

Tang Feng clutched the flashlight in his hand tightly, and the light pillar of the flashlight was projected into the display case, he saw a piece of cultural relics from China, and suddenly, he saw the Buddhist scriptures from Heishui City, as well as the incomplete "Shengli Yihai", Tang Feng whispered to Liang Yuan: "Those few Xixia cultural relics are here...... But when the flashlight beam continued to shoot forward, Tang Feng was instantly stunned, because he was shocked to find that the head of the Buddha Lushena that was originally placed in the center of this display case was gone.

"Tang Feng, you...... What happened to you? Liang Yuan asked.

Tang Feng stared at the display case for a long time before muttering, "That Buddha statue...... The Buddha statue is gone. ”

"What? Which Buddha statue? Didn't hide the queen's statue? Liang Yuan asked anxiously.

"Yes, I saw that Buddha statue placed here a few days ago, this is the position." Tang Feng pointed to the vacant place in the display cabinet and said to Liang Yuan.

"This ...... How is this possible? Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng in surprise, and then at the display case.

"It's true, was it stolen?" Tang Fenghu looked at the display cabinet carefully suspiciously, and found nothing abnormal, he suddenly felt that his brain was buzzing, and the sky was spinning, "What's wrong?" Tang Feng held on to the display case, panting heavily.

Liang Yuan stood in front of the display case in a daze, and some words that surprised Tang Feng came out of her mouth: "Maybe there is really a ghost in the Winter Palace, and it is the ghost of the Queen Wuzang, she conjures up from the display case every night, like a lonely ghost, wandering in this empty palace, looking for her lost body, but she can't find her body, she has been desperate and lost here for nearly a hundred years......"

Tang Feng turned his head and looked at Liang Yuan in surprise, what's wrong with her? Just when Tang Fenghu was suspicious, outside the door of the China Pavilion, "Huh! A white figure flashed, so frightened that Tang Feng immediately collapsed to the ground, his nerves that had been tense were on the verge of collapse at this moment, Tang Feng felt every pore on his body open, he gasped for breath, and looked at the door again in despair, at this moment, the door seemed to be back to normal, pitch black, Liang Yuan, who had been staring at the display cabinet, saw Tang Feng's appearance and exclaimed: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"I saw a ghost!" Tang Feng said tremblingly.

"Haha, don't you believe in ghosts? How can I be afraid of this at this time? ”

"It really exists! You see......"

As soon as Tang Feng's words fell, Liang Yuan looked out of the door, and the white shadow flashed again, and at the same time, there was a bright light accompanied by the white shadow, the bright light was dazzling, so that Tang Feng and Liang Yuan couldn't see the appearance of the ghost...... After a long while, Tang Feng was bold, raised his head and looked out of the door again, at this time the calm outside the door was restored, Tang Feng whispered to Liang Yuan: "It seems that the ghost of the Empress Wuzang is really wandering in the Winter Palace at night, do you remember the ghost light we saw in the Winter Palace two nights ago?" ”

"Yes! I remember that the ghost light we saw was on the third floor. Liang Yuan said tremblingly, and suddenly, she remembered something again: "Did you see that ghost clearly just now?" Is there no hidden queen? ”

"How dare I look, that light is too dazzling to see the appearance of the ghost at all, but I vaguely see that the ghost is wearing a white robe."

"White robe? Didn't you tell me that the party members advocate white and like to wear white robes? ”

"I said it, but ......, forget it, let's go back quickly!"

After Tang Feng finished speaking, he trembled slightly and helped Liang Yuan to stand up, the two glanced at each other, and then looked outside the dark door, what was outside the door? Is it darkness? Or is it a ghost world?

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Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were brave and walked out of the Chinese Pavilion, outside the door was not a ghost world, it was still a large exhibition hall, it was still dark, the two did not dare to stay longer, Tang Feng pulled Liang Yuan forward, he remembered that there was a staircase in front of him to go down to the second floor.

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan walked briskly through one exhibition hall after another, but the staircase in Tang Feng's memory did not appear for a long time, and the more anxious Tang Feng was, the more messy the steps under his feet became.

"How did we get back to the China Pavilion?" Liang Yuan suddenly exclaimed.

Tang Feng stopped his messy footsteps and looked around, yes, they actually walked back to the China Pavilion again, "Are we lost?" Tang Feng muttered to himself, at a loss for a moment.

At this moment, the white ghost appeared again, accompanied by a bright light, the white ghost slowly slid outside the door of the China Pavilion, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan's eyes widened, witnessing this scene, the two completely collapsed, Tang Feng grabbed Liang Yuan, and rushed out of the China Pavilion desperately, and the white ghost also followed, "The ghost is following!" Liang Yuan shouted in horror, Tang Feng didn't dare to turn back, and he couldn't turn back, he pulled Liang Yuan and ran forward lifelessly, he didn't know which staircase it was from, he felt that he was about to lose consciousness, only ...... Left hand, left hand still sentient, because his left hand tightly pulled Liang Yuan's cold right hand.

Down to the second floor, there is a large corridor, there are many portraits hanging on the walls on both sides of the corridor, Tang Feng is still pulling Liang Yuan forward, Tang Feng looks at the portraits on the wall, he can no longer distinguish what kind of portraits it is, it seems to be the portraits of some people, and it seems to be ...... At this moment, in his eyes, those portraits had turned into hideous fierce gods, staring at himself and Liang Yuan with fierce eyes.

The endless corridors, the endless palaces, and the flashlight didn't know where it was lost, Tang Feng didn't know if the ghost was still following closely, he couldn't tell the direction at all, he only knew that Liang Yuan hadn't lost it yet! When Tang Feng passed through a grand palace, suddenly the alarm bell in the palace sounded, Tang Feng's heart sank suddenly, it was over, the alarm sounded, he didn't know if he had touched the alarm, or the ghost.

It was another grand exhibition hall, and Tang Feng pulled Liang Yuan to the end of this exhibition hall quickly, but it was blocked by a huge door. "Is there no way out?" Tang Feng muttered.

"This is the door we came in!" Liang Yuan's words woke up Tang Feng, yes, this exquisite door is the one they came in, the piercing alarm is still thinking, many exhibition halls in the Winter Palace are lit up, and there is a chaotic sound of footsteps and shouts on the first floor, Tang Feng only feels weak and his legs are weak, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted, because ...... Because he felt that white ghost...... The ghost is following!

Tang Feng was desperate, with all his strength, pushed open the door in front of him, he and Liang Yuan returned to the big corridor, the two quickly came to the door of Ji Moshen's office, Tang Feng pushed hard, but the door of the office did not move, Tang Feng was anxious, pushed again, the door still did not move, Liang Yuan asked anxiously on the side: "Did you lock the door when you came out?" ”

"Nope! Absolutely not, I didn't have time to lock the door in order to chase you. ”

"No matter so much, what about the key that Tymoshen gave you?"

"Let me find it, let me find it, it should be on my body, in my pocket." Tang Feng groped all over his body, and finally in his pants pocket, he found the key that Ji Moshen gave him.

Tang Feng trembled slightly and put the key into the lock hole, but the lock of this old-fashioned door was very special, Tang Feng had never opened such a lock, he tinkered hard for a while, and he didn't open the door, the more anxious he was, the more his hands trembled.

"Come on, that ghost is coming!" Liang Yuan heard the movement behind her getting louder and louder, and she didn't know if it was a ghost or a guard from the Winter Palace.

Tang Feng's hand was already shaking uncontrollably, Liang Yuan saw this, and held Tang Feng's hand tightly with his hand, Tang Feng made another effort, "Click!" With a bang, the office door opened.

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan ran into the office, and then closed the door heavily, the two leaned against the back of the door, panting heavily, suddenly, outside the door was hit violently by a force, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were shocked, the two hugged each other tightly, and then, it was a heavy impact, Tang Feng hugged Liang Yuan tightly, he used his last strength, and he was dead on the door, he didn't know what was waiting for him and Liang Yuan? They have nowhere to escape, they can only accept the arrangement of fate here calmly, they have escaped the man in black, they have escaped Ilyugin, but they have not escaped the ghost, they have not hidden the ghost of the queen!