"It was taken more than ten years ago, when several colleges jointly formed an expedition team to go to Shaanxi for inspection. At that time, we were looking at different objects, of course, I was looking at the creatures in the mountains, and I also went to archaeology. Once we reach the relevant area, we go our separate ways and then assemble. At that time, I took a few biologists into the mountains to investigate, and I found this stone. At that time, the words above attracted us. Unfortunately, we don't recognize these words, and we don't know when they were left behind. So we took this picture and located the site, and wanted to go back and hand it over to the people in the archaeological team to see if it was worth studying. ”

Ma Jian looked at the photo and slowly recalled.

I found that when Ma Tan talked about this, he seemed to be a little reluctant to speak, and his expression was also a little strange. It seems that I am not very willing to mention the events of the time, but it is only because I have come to ask him that I have to talk about it.

"Old Ma, what happened at that time?" I had a hunch that there would be some situation at that time, otherwise Lao Ma would not have put this photo in the book and sealed it in the dust.

Ma Yan's expression was a little miserable, and he nodded and said, "You're right, I really don't want to remember this past." I don't know why you're seeing this kind of text, but since it's been many years since it's reappeared, maybe it's telling me that what should be faced is always to be faced. If you can figure out this kind of writing, it can be regarded as an explanation of the dedication of those two scholars at that time. ”

"Dedicated? Someone died at the time? I asked.

Ma Tan nodded: "At that time, a few of us finished taking pictures, so we continued to look for the tree species we were looking for, but we found nothing, and we returned to the camp on the same day." Since our cameras weren't digital at the time, we couldn't develop the photos yet, so we told the team about the stone and the words on it. Unexpectedly, when they heard about it, they were very interested, so they sent a man to leave the camp with the film and go to the nearest town to develop it. We stayed at the camp and surveyed the surrounding area. Two days later, the man returned in a state of excitement with a photograph. A few of them actually wanted to go into the mountain overnight and find the stone. ”

When Ma Tan said this, I stopped him and asked, "Wait, old horse, are you saying that this photo was taken by you at that time and developed by that person in the town?" ”

"That's right." Ma Tan nodded.

I shook my head: "That's not right, the third uncle said, Yin Wen does not exist in the world." In other words, Yin text can only be read, not saved. I once took a picture with my phone, and when it came out, all the text on it magically disappeared. So if the text on the stone is yin, how can there be text on this photo? ”

Ma Jian said: "Maybe the difficult ones won't, but the ones who will will not be difficult." After the man came back with the photo, I listened to him say a few words, as if he had used a special method to rinse up, and added some kind of potion, in short, it was very laborious. I don't know the specifics. ”

I couldn't help but ask, "They are so painstakingly and so interested, they must know the origin of these words."

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Ma Jian nodded: "At that time, they didn't say much, they just wanted us to show them the way." Although we didn't come from the same place as them, we have formed a deep friendship with each other after a period of work. For the sake of safety, and to help a friend, another companion and I went into the mountain with the three of them. ”

"Isn't it a bit dangerous to go into the mountains at night, and there should be undeveloped mountains over there?" I asked.

Ma Tan smiled: "Even you know, how could we not know." But the three of them behaved completely differently than usual, just like they had fallen into an evil spirit, and they had to go into the mountain. We couldn't stop them even if we tried to persuade them, so we had to accompany them into the mountains. But after entering the mountain, it became difficult for us to continue to find the location we were in. We both had experience of living in the jungle, but that night we found the neighborhood where we were located, but we couldn't find the rock. It made me wonder if there was something wrong with our positioning. ”

Ma Tan seemed to be completely lost in his memory, and slowly recounted.

I went over and poured a glass of water for the old horse and handed it to him.

He silently took the water cup, took a small sip, and continued: "We have been in that place for two days, and we have eaten all the dry food we have brought with us, so we advised them to go back to the camp first. But they refused to go back and wanted to continue their search there. ”

I asked, "Didn't you ask them why they were so obsessed with looking for that stone?" ”

Ma Yan replied: "Their reaction is so big, of course we have to ask." But they have always been tight-lipped and we know that there are some things that involve industry secrets, and it is understandable not to say that. So I didn't continue to ask questions. So we searched there for another day, and at last we ran out of ammunition and had to return to the camp. We pitched improvised tents around there and decided to stay there that night until dawn and then return to the main camp. As a result, something happened that night......"

When Ma Tan said this, he took a deep breath, took another sip of water, and continued: "That night, I lived in one tent with another companion, and the three of them lived in the other two tents. Everyone was a little tired after three days of wandering, plus they had cut off their dry food for a day, and they only ate some wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, and their physical strength was a little unable to keep up. So we went to bed early, and then I heard movement outside. It was the kind of small sound, like someone moving softly. I looked at my watch in a daze, and it was a little past eleven o'clock that night. I gently lifted the tent and looked out, only to find two figures, who had just crawled out of the tent and crept out to the outside of the makeshift camp. ”

"Are those two archaeological team members?"

Ma Jian nodded and shook his head again: "Actually, they are not really archaeological teams, they are all scholars who study ancient civilizations and ancient cultures in the school. Of course, sometimes I do some archaeological work. ”

I guessed, "Then I guess they must have made some discoveries during the day, and they don't want you to know, so they sneak out at night." ”

Ma Tan glanced at me, sighed and said, "

Li Yang, I didn't expect you to be able to guess this just by hearing my story. Unfortunately, I didn't think about it that way at the time, we always treated them as friends and tried our best to help them, but I didn't expect them to do those things behind our backs. ”

"That stone must have been precious and important to them. It's so important that they want to hide it from you. ”

Ma Jian shook his head: "To be honest, until now, I don't know what the value of that stone is. I didn't know it at the time, I saw them go out, and I started to think that they were going to get up at night. Who knew that shortly after they left, the man who was living in another tent also came out and followed the two down. Their strange behavior aroused my curiosity. It was more than ten years ago, and my curiosity was still a little heavier, so I sneaked out of the tent and followed the third person out of the camp from a distance. They walked ahead and listened, and they should have determined the route as they went. It's just that I don't understand why the three of them didn't act together. ”

(End of chapter)

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