In the ninth year of the Republic of China, August 29, 1920, the sixteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the day after the Zhongyuan Festival.

North of the Gobi Desert, Kulen, the capital of Outer Mongolia, and later Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The inexplicable wind blew all night, carrying the yellow sand to the far south, and the sandstorm was about to sweep north of China again.

The sun rises from behind, and when I look up, I see a line of geese heading south. Wolfna changed the position of the side saddle, she lifted her skirt above the knees, spread her two slender thighs, and straddled the saddle like a man.

She let go of the reins and came to Qin Beiyang's side and said: "You can see geese everywhere in Russia, they never live alone, there is rarely a singular number in a group of geese, there is always a male and a female. As soon as one dies, the other will also commit suicide or die of depression. ”

Qin Beiyang remembered Ouyang Anna: "The geese fly south, and the horses go west, so what about human beings?" ”

"The wild goose will die, but I'm still alive, it's a shame."

"Your other geese, Colonel Ivanov? Or Baron Wolfe? ”

"I don't know." Wolfna ruffled her hair, "Qin, you hate me very much, don't you?" I am an unchaste woman. ”

"I have a lot of respect for you, ma'am."

"Call me Katya!"

She whipped her horse again, her long golden hair fluttering like a horse's tail, and she ran heroically ahead, on a par with the town's tomb beast, Nine Colors.

Although the little county king couldn't understand the Russian they spoke, he could understand the woman's eyes, patted Qin Beiyang's shoulder and smiled.

Last month, the war broke out in Beijing, and Xiao Xu rushed back to the mouth with the stars and the moon. The 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Northwest Frontier Army was still stationed here, and soon the news of the defeat came, and there was no possibility of a reversal. The Kulen garrison is Xiao Xu's descendant troops, so people are panicked, and even like arrows. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Colonel Ivanov colluded with the White Russian bandits to launch a rebellion and attack the Chinese garrison, wanting to occupy Kulen as a base for a counteroffensive against Siberia. The Northwest Frontier Army was a strong force painstakingly managed by Lao Duan and Xiao Xu, which was originally prepared for China's participation in the world war, equipped with advanced weapons and ammunition, and immediately beat the rabble of White Russia to the ground. Colonel Ivanov led the remnants to flee in disarray, and it was too late to capture Qin Beiyang and Wolfna.

In the early hours of the morning, Kulen had fallen into a sea of fire, and the small county king of Ordos Doro found Qin Beiyang and told him that he could not stay for a long time, and sooner or later he would become cannon fodder for the war.

So, Qin Beiyang, Xiaojunwang, and Wolfna rode on Russian horses, and the nine colors opened the way like a hound, and galloped out of the deserted city of Kulun.

Qin Beiyang didn't want Ivanov to escape, and followed the White Russian expedition to Mongolia to prevent them from digging tombs and stealing tomb beasts. It is said that the White Russians are fleeing westward, crossing the Altai Mountains to Xinjiang, where it is said to be home to countless ancient tombs......

Three days later, we passed through the ruins of Hala and Lin in the Mongol Empire. The king of the small county talked about the ruins and broken walls like a few treasures, and he could vaguely see the glorious hegemony of the year. Before Kublai Khan established Beijing, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, it was the imperial capital of the Mongol Great Khan, the center of Eurasia, and the whole world was prostrate at the foot of the city.

"This road is the road of Genghis Khan's western expedition seven hundred years ago, I am a direct descendant of his old man, and I am a descendant of Kublai Khan, and I have been looking forward to taking this road again."

"Are there any ancient tombs around here?"

Qin Beiyang was already anxious, his chest hurt again, the cancer cells had returned, and he had to find the ancient tomb to continue his life.

Jiuse didn't sense the existence of the tomb, but found a stone tablet on the side of the old road of the Orkhon River, standing alone on the grassland, and the chassis was a stone carved and chiseled king, which was a Chinese-style stele.

When the horse reaches the front of the inscription, it is actually densely packed with Chinese characters. The little king was particularly interested, made difficult movements, and the whole person stood on the saddle before reading a few big characters in italics: "The monument of the secret service!" ”

Underneath it are small print-

"The sky is heavenly, and it will not be overwhelmed. Heaven and man are in harmony, and the universe is in harmony. With its qi to separate yin and yang, it is to use other for the king. The elder of Bijun is also the descendant of Yin and Yang. First from China, flying to the Northern Wilderness. Come to the sweet spring, willing to keep the light, then the good is deep and old. I am a high ancestor, Zhaoxing Imperial Industry. Taizong's then the emperor of the wilderness, culture and education are applied to the eight directions, and martial arts are made in the seven virtues. He may change his life, and his name will be called ......"

The inscription made him dizzy, and he simply saw the last paragraph: "The twenty-year year of the Tang Dynasty, the twelfth year of the Tang Dynasty, the twelfth month of Xinchoshuo, the seventh day of Ding Weishuo".

"Tang Kaiyuan is the year name of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, and this inscription is probably Tang Xuanzong's imperial pen handwriting! I just don't know what this secret service means? ”

Qin Beiyang suddenly remembered that Li Longji was the half-brother of Li Longqi, the little prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"Look at it, there's a word on the back!"

The little king shouted, and the reverse side of the stele was indeed engraved with words, but he couldn't understand a word, just like a matchstick-like villain, making various postures, and it could be seen that it was a phonetic alphabet. Qin Beiyang felt familiar, and only then did he remember that in the Viking Mausoleum in the Arctic, there were many similar texts - the legend is that the god Odin invented the Runi script?

There will be many strange discoveries along the way......

Every three days, we crossed the rugged Hangai Mountains and arrived at Sutai City, the capital of Outer Mongolia in the former Qing Dynasty. There is still a small contingent of Chinese troops, but the situation will change again as the rain is about to come. The garrison reported to the king of the small county that yesterday a group of White Russian expeditions had passed through and headed west.

They followed the Zabkhan River and through the desert for six days.

Qin Beiyang's health is getting worse and worse, and he has to stop to rest frequently, coughing like a tuberculosis ghost. The little king thought that he was addicted to opium, and Qin Beiyang told the truth - if it weren't for the aura in the ancient tomb, he would have died of cancer a long time ago.

The little king slapped his thigh: "Mom, when I saw you in Kulun, I thought I saw a ghost." Remember in Paris? I lent you my apartment and took care of you with a little French nurse, and you said you wouldn't live for two months. ”

"I was born in an ancient tomb, and I will surely live in the underground palace for the rest of my life."

He also told Wolfna about this secret, and the young woman of the White Russians lit a bonfire and replied: "Since the death of my son and husband, I have considered myself dead. ”

When you arrive in the city of Kobdo, you can see the snow-capped peaks of the Altai Mountains. Along the way, there were many traces of White Russians, who hunted wild animals and destroyed pastures, leaving behind graves with crosses. Colonel Ivanov seemed to be right in front of him, and that little tail was about to be caught.

In front of the Altai Pass, on the rocky semi-desert slopes, they found the camp of the White Russians. Although there was no one to be seen, the ashes of the campfire were not yet cold. The three of them chased after each other, and what did the nine colors smell too? Turn into a deep valley. Over this mountain, it is Xinjiang Province. Qin Beiyang feels that the climate is cool, and September is like early winter, and it is even more difficult to breathe in his lungs, for fear that he will fall off the horse at any time. Wolfna followed closely to the left and right, sometimes helping him a few times.

There was a rumbling sound in front of him, and Qin Beiyang judged that this was an explosion, either it was a war or a cannon blast?

Nine Colors quickened his pace and saw dozens of Russian horses. But there were only horses, no people, scattered by the stream to drink. There were also ammunition and rations written in Russian letters on the saddle.

Qin Beiyang found that two dragon veins were coming along the mountain, colliding head-on in front of a steep slope, and the situation of the dragon's lair was excellent. But the dragon's lair had a large hole exposed, littered with rubble, scorched marks, and the smell of gunpowder. Needless to say, the loud noise I heard just now was that the White Russians were using explosives to open the tomb.

The White Russians were guided to the discovery of the tomb by a tall stone monument standing on the hillside.

Qin Beiyang rode on a horse, read out a few Chinese characters on the stele, and shouted: "Li Ling stele!" ”

The inscriptions are indistinct, all of them are official books of the Han Dynasty, and they must have been two thousand years old. He also saw the words "Longxi Chengji", as well as "Li Ling", "Xiongnu", "Shan Yu", etc., and confirmed that the owner of this tombstone was the grandson of the flying general Li Guang - Li Ling, a famous general in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli, the general of the second division, to expedition to Dawan, and then to conquer the Xiongnu, and ordered Li Ling to transport grain and grass. Li Guangli is the eldest brother of the emperor's favorite concubine Mrs. Li and his favorite minister Li Yannian, so he was reused in every way. After Li Ling was a famous general, he had a proud personality and was unwilling to fight for the nepotistic villain, preferring to cross the desert from Juyan and go deep into the royal court alone. In the Altai Mountains was surrounded by Hun iron cavalry. Li Ling held the camp and fought a bloody battle, and the whole army was annihilated and captured. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that Li Ling had surrendered, so he killed his family.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, only Sima Qian said fair words - Li Ling was filial to his mother, loved soldiers like sons, outnumbered the enemy, ran out of arrows, died in battle, and was captured by exhaustion, which was nothing more than a famous general in ancient times. He also hinted that the emperor's brother-in-law, Li Guangli, was greedy for life and afraid of death, and failed to rescue him in time. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and ordered Sima Qian to be castrated.

In the midst of humiliation and despair, Tai Shi Gong completed the "Historical Records" - if there was no Li Ling incident, there would not be this greatest history book of mankind (in my opinion, there is no one).

The king of Xiaojun is also familiar with the history of the grassland peoples: "Li Ling is just a deception. But after being beheaded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he could only marry the Xiongnu princess and stay in the north for the rest of his life. It is said that there are still descendants of him among the Kazakhs and the Bruts. ”

"In "The Romance of the Yang Family", it is said that Yang Ye was surrounded by the Liao army, Pan Renmei did not save him when he saw death, and Yang Lao Linggong crashed to death on the Li Ling monument, and he was also afraid of being captured and made Li Ling."

"Li Ling's grave has never been found in history, so it was here?"

The Altai Mountains were the core area of the Xiongnu, and it is not surprising that Li Ling was buried here. Nine colors found the real tomb entrance, which had just been opened by the White Russians with explosives.

Wolfna grabbed Qin Beiyang's hand and said, "Qin, I will accompany you into the tomb, you have to live......"