The Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface Part 1 Curse Cairo Chapter 6 The Lost Ancient City
The first pharaoh of the Egyptian dynasty. Liu Dan said, "According to legend, he was the first to go up and down Egypt (not to be seen here), but there is also a legend that it was the Scorpion King who first unified Egypt!" ”
"Shadow!" Mrs. Seren even screamed on the phone, "Mr. Liu, I hope you don't touch that thing!" ”
"The Scorpion King? It's still a white bone! Old Liu Tou let go of the earpiece in his hand, "Mrs. Selene, what do you mean by your words?" ”
"I don't encounter many evil spirits in Egypt, but every time it's tricky!" Lady Serene said, "Tutankhamun's curse is vicious, but it is also easy to lift, but although Narmai's curse does not make people die quickly, it is very difficult for people to lift, and the 'shadow' you are talking about is very similar to Narma's curse, you better be careful!" ”
"What is the content of their curse?" Lao Liu Tou asked, "Did the victim reveal it?" ”
"Tutankhamun's curse is 'let death come upon you,' and Narma's curse is strange, 'God will take back your shadow'!" Madame Selene was silent for a moment, "Mr. Liu, I can only say so much, the cursed may be hurt again because of this, so I can only remind you to be careful!" ”
"Okay, thank you." Old Liu Tou hung up the phone, turned his head and asked Liu Dan, "Lady Selene said that this seems to be Narmai's curse, and the content of the curse is 'God will take back your shadow', can you understand?" ”
"Shadow ......" Hearing Lao Liu's words, the sweat on Liu Dan's head also fell, "Mr. Liu, Sun Ting has been to the pyramid of Narmai!" It was the pyramid of Narmai that led them to the pyramid of Dedevla! He probably didn't even know where the Pyramid of Dedevla was! ”
"You mean, a few of them are all ghost-urged?" (Folk proverb, the meaning of ghosts making gods worse) Lao Liu Tou was puzzled.
"Mr. Liu, that's right, in ancient Egypt, there was a history of shadow worship. Egypt is located in a desert area, drought and little rain, but the shadow will cool people, so the ancient Egyptians believed that the shadow was a gift from the gods. And in the first dynasty of ancient Egypt, the dynasty founded by Narma, the shadow was seen as a representative of the soul, and if God wanted to take back your shadow, it meant that God wanted to take back your soul! Liu Dan looked at the parchment map carefully, "The ancient Egyptians believed that human beings are composed of three parts: body, soul and consciousness, and the body will not die if it leaves the soul alone or from consciousness alone, Sun Ting's symptoms are very similar to those of losing the soul!" ”
"Then why did he go to the pyramid of Dedevla?" Qin Ge was puzzled.
"That's right, in ancient Egyptian legend, if a god wanted to retrieve someone's soul, he would let him go to the closest place to him!" Liu Dan frowned and flipped through the notebook next to the parchment map, "Anubis is the god in charge of death,
If Dedevra is the son of Anubis, as the legend says, then the pyramid of Dedevra is the closest to death! I suspect they found the pyramid of Diefra under a curse!
“…… Yes! ”
"What!?" Qin Ge stepped forward.
"Sun Ting, they ......" Liu Dan covered his mouth, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, "They found Arango City!" ”
"Where did they go again?" Old Liu Tou's head was already messed up, thinking that this Sun Ting must have a common language with Qin Ge when he woke up, and they were both idle masters, so he had to toss and toss more.
"The city of Arango is a legendary city! It flourished between the 16th and 12th centuries BC, but then suddenly disappeared, like Loulan in China and Pompeii in Italy. All the stories about the city of Arango are legends, and there are even legends that it is the city where the gods lived, and then the gods got tired of it and destroyed it, and no one knows where the city of Arango was and how it was destroyed! ”
"The specific location, is it written in this notebook?" A smile appeared on Qin Ge's face.
"Yes! Not only are there maps, but the exact latitude and longitude are also marked! There is also a diagram of the ruins of the city of Arango! This is the biggest archaeological discovery of the 20th century! Liu Dan couldn't hide the excitement on his face, "Sun Ting will go down in history!" ”
"Hey...... Ay...... Don't be in a hurry to rejoice! Old Liu Tou was afraid that they would really find a place, "What kind of curse is that, it can't be brought out of that Arango City, right?" Think before you go. ”
"I'll take care of the equipment, you'll take care of the weapons, and we'll go tomorrow night!" Qin Ge didn't look at Lao Liu Tou at all, and spoke directly to Ai Erxun, with excitement in his words.
"Mr. Liu, this is the only clue to save Sun Ting!" Liu Dan closed the notebook and looked at Lao Liu.
"Hey! That's it! Old Liu Tou was also helpless, although he didn't even understand the principle of the so-called curse now, but at this moment, for the sake of that jade bottle, and even more for Lan Tingxu, he could only acquiesce.
The next night.
Lao Liu Tou was lying on the bed sleeping, suddenly heard a commotion, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out that Alexun had put an oversized travel bag on the ground, and the big bag on his body was like fleeing.
"What's this?" Old Liu Tou asked.
"Weapons...... And also...... Equipment. Alxun took off the large and small bags from his body, lowered his head and unzipped the travel bag, and took out a submachine gun with a strange style.
"Mr. Liu, are you ready?" Qin Ge followed closely into the house.
"Okay, let's go." Old Liu Tou rolled over from the bed and got off the ground, putting on the cloth pocket he was carrying.
"What kind of device is this?" Lao Liu Tou had seen walkie-talkies, but at this time, these things that Aier Xun took did feel fresh.
"Satellite positioning systems, the latest technology of the U.S. Navy, and metal detectors, which help us find some clues in the ruins of the ancient city, and this is a night vision device, which can magnify the light in the dark by a hundred thousand times, which is used by the U.S. Army (night vision devices were still very bulky at that time, and they were not as light as they are now). "There is also satellite communication equipment, if you are in distress, you can use this to call for help!" ”
"Hey, this thing ......" Lao Liu Tou picked up the night vision device, "Quick!" Turn off the lights, I'll try! It's dark......"
"Mr. Liu, you took it the other way around, that's the ...... the camera"
“……”
On the outskirts of Cairo, outside a deserted house.
"Right here......?" Lao Liu Tou looked around, except for the lights of the car he was sitting in when he came, it was pitch black, and there was nothing.
"It's not...... It's just a departure from here......" Qin Ge looked at his watch, looked up at the sky again, and a few minutes later, a deafening sound came, and a helicopter landed on the square in front of the house.
"We're about three and a half times to fly!" The pilot is blonde and blue-eyed, not like a native of Egypt.
Early morning. Before dawn, Lao Liu was dreaming, and was suddenly woken up by Elson, "Mr. Liu, we have arrived at ......"
After getting off the plane, Lao Liu's head was immediately covered with a layer of sweat, although it was early in the morning, the temperature was more than 30 degrees, and when he looked around, it was a vast sea of sand.
Qin Ge set up a theodolite in the desert, "The helicopter will come here to pick us up in three days." So let's move fast! ”
"I said Qin Ye, this place doesn't look like an ancient city...... "After only ten minutes, the sun began to dazzle. Lao Liu built a pergola with his hands. looked around and looked around, "Also, I said Qin Ye, you don't want to carry this pile of iron lumps, right?" ”
"We're just going to have weapons, night vision devices, metal detectors, and provisions, and the rest is here ......," Elson said, carrying his gun.
"To the north, about three or four kilometers, there are some errors in the place where we landed!" Qin Ge said.
After packing up their things and covering the satellite communication equipment with tarpaulin, the four of them began to march north, and it is said that walking in this desert is different from flat land, and the sand is soft. As soon as he walked and fell, coupled with the high temperature, before he walked out of a kilometer, the sweat on Lao Liu's body was drenched.
"There!" Liu Dan suddenly shouted, "I saw Arango!" ”
"Where?" Looking in the direction of Liu Dan's finger, there seemed to be a few large pillars inserted in the sand not far away, and further on, there seemed to be a huge sand dune, which could not be seen clearly due to the steaming heat in the desert.
Seeing the place, the spirits of several people also came up, and the meteor ran under the pillar in stride, leaving Lao Liu out of breath. "Comrade Liu, take a look...... On this pillar...... What ...... written? ”
Needless to say, Liu Dan has already begun to observe the ancient characters remaining on the pillar.
"Strange ......" Liu Dan suddenly frowned, "This pillar was not built by the people of Arango City!" ”
"What? Could it be ...... Was it repaired by the Cairo Municipality? Old Liu wiped his sweat and drank with a kettle.
"This pillar was made in the Nineteenth Dynasty, and Pharaoh Sputa was warning his subjects not to enter the city of Arango!" Liu Dandao.
"What if I go in? Behead? Old Liu frowned.
"I don't know, I can't read the text in the back clearly, it seems to be ...... This is the site of a temple, and according to the above account, the sandbag over there should be the city of Arango! The temple was supposed to have been built after the destruction of Arango, and the Egyptians believed that it was the wrath of the gods that led to Arango's destruction, so the temple was built here! ”
"Heh, this anger has been born for thousands of years, and it should be gone, right?" Old Liu took off his shoes and poured sand, "Let's go!" All the way! Damn, I wouldn't have come if I had known this shitty place was killed......"
Under the huge sand dunes, even Lao Liu Tou was stunned, where is this sand dune? It was obviously a magnificent ancient city, and although most of it had been buried in the sand, the rest was enough to make a person stunned. I saw the gate of the city, it seems to be carved from a whole stone, but just these two stone statues, you can see the scale of this ancient city at that time, behind the stone statue is the city gate, as if there is no city wall, I don't know whether it is weathered and collapsed, or simply not repaired.
Entering the city gate, the four of them were at a loss, although the exposed part of the ancient city was less than one-third, if there were only four people searching, it would take at least half a month, and at this time there were only two days, how could it be possible to find the place where Sun Ting had an accident?
"Let's each search in one direction, all with walkie-talkies, contact immediately if there is a situation!" Qin Ge asked Elson to take out the walkie-talkie from his bag, "Mr. Liu, if there is a problem, press this key to speak......"
"Alright! I'm not a fool......" Old Liu Tou took out a piece of jade (a small piece of miscellaneous jade) from his cloth pocket, "Come, one for each person!" Don't lose it with you! ”
"What is this?" Liu Dan said curiously, "Talisman? ”
"No, this is called dead jade, your few pieces of jade are sealed with souls, you have this on you, I can find you within three hundred steps!"
Hearing the soul, Liu Dan's face turned white with fright, "Liu ...... Mr...... I don't want ...... This ......"
"No danger, not some evil spirit!" Old Liu Tou stuffed the jade head into Liu Dan's hand, "Put it on, just if you have a heat stroke and go into shock, we can find it!" ”
A few people were about to split up when Elson suddenly picked up his submachine gun and turned back sharply to aim.
"What's wrong?" Qin Ge also took out his pistol.
"I ...... I always feel that someone is following us...... "Elson is a Vietnam War scout and is sensitive to the abnormalities of the environment around his body.