Chapter 66: Forgotten Time
Originally, I tried to find the answers to these mysteries that bothered me, but now Ye Jiuqing looked at me with a confused gaze, and he was more eager to know the reason than anyone in this room.
"Is this the shopkeeper in this photo?" Tian Ji asked puzzled, pointing to the photo.
"This man is indeed me." Ye Jiuqing replied sharply. "But I don't remember where this photo was taken at all, and how can there be Gong Yu?"
"The time when the photo was taken is 1942, Ye's shopkeeper thinks about it, is it too long to forget something?" The palace lord was stunned.
"1942...... It was forty years ago, when I was in my twenties. Ye Jiuqing lowered his head and thought carefully for a long time. At that time, I didn't know Gong Yu. ”
"Is there anyone you know in this picture?" I asked eagerly.
Ye Jiuqing looked at the photo again, shook his head very definitely, and looked extremely dazed and confused.
"Forty years ago......" the general said to Ye Jiuqing with a solemn expression. At that time, it was the time when I saw the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper's leg was also injured at that time, and I never asked the shopkeeper, what happened at that time? ”
Ye Jiuqing took a deep breath and sat down slowly, silently pondering for a long time, his thoughts seemed to have returned to a long time ago, we waited quietly for Ye Jiuqing to recall that period of time, and it took a long time to hear his deep voice.
Ye Jiuqing told us that forty years ago, he made a name for himself in the tomb robbery industry, and he was already a dead man at a young age, and one day he received an anonymous letter, and when he opened it, he found that there was only a piece of paper with a pattern on it, and the place where the payment was made had a time and place.
"Invitation!" When Xue Xinrou told us about her grandfather Xue Shuqiao's experience, she mentioned the same thing, and the letter was an invitation letter from a mysterious recruiter to twelve people, I asked excitedly. "And then? Since you have received an invitation and you are in the photo, it means that you went to the appointment at that time, why don't you remember the photo? ”
Ye Jiuqing continued unhurriedly, the paper was painted with a two-winged flying dragon, Ye Jiuqing had learned about the rumors of the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace from the mouths of the seniors in the circle, and he knew that the two-winged flying dragon was the symbol of the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace.
Ye Jiuqing was young and vigorous at that time, and his blood was strong, for a tomb robber, what could be more rewarding than finding the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, and if the rumors were true, that would be a boatload of treasures that made Ye Jiuqing, who had no treasures, bound to get it.
And the feather dragon pattern appeared in the letter, indicating that he was not the only one who knew about the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, Ye Jiuqing wanted to find out the truth, so he came as scheduled according to the time and place in the letter.
"You went to the agreed place, so why ......"
"Don't interrupt, let Shopkeeper Ye continue." Gong Jue interrupted the field chicken that couldn't bear it.
"I did go, the place agreed in the letter was in Golmud, and I suddenly fell ill when I arrived." Ye Jiuqing subconsciously pressed his injured leg. "At that time, I was not lame, I had always been a loner, I was in a coma after I got sick, and when I woke up, the people I saw were ......"
"I, it's me." The general took Ye Jiuqing's words. "At that time, I had just finished pounding a Xixia tomb in Liaodong, and planned to return to the southwest to ship, when the soldiers were in chaos and unsafe, I did not dare to go with the goods road, I passed through Golmud through the mountains and mountains, and saw the unconscious shopkeeper in a tent in the suburbs, which was the first time I saw the shopkeeper."
"Do you remember what time you saw the shopkeeper?" I asked.
"You're not talking nonsense, who can remember what happened forty years ago." The general shook his head and replied.
"I can't remember the exact time, but when the general took me back to Golmud, most of the local Tibetans were catching up with the festival, and later I learned that it was the Tibetan Pilgrimage Festival, which was on June 4 every year, which means that the general found me in June." Ye Jiuqing thought for a long time and told us.
The agreed time on the invitation letter is May 9th, and the general saw Ye Jiuqing It was a month later, the general said that when he found Ye Jiuqing, he was still unconscious, with a bandage wrapped around his left foot, and it seemed that the injury was not light, and when Ye Jiuqing woke up, the general asked him what happened, at that time Ye Jiuqing didn't remember anything, and the last thing he could remember was that he rushed to Golmud, and Ye Jiuqing didn't know everything that happened in the past month.
"I began to think that Brother Ye was robbed, the world was very chaotic at that time, but Brother Ye was still covered with a blanket at the time, and there was food and a bonfire around him, there should be other people next to Brother Ye before I arrived, I thought it was Brother Ye's companion who went out, and I deliberately waited by the side for a few days, but I didn't see anyone come back, and then I found a gold bar on Brother Ye." The general said here to look at Ye Jiuqing. "When Brother Ye woke up, I asked him anything, he shook his head and couldn't remember anything."
Ye Jiuqing nodded silently, his voice was gloomy, and he said that he woke up and saw the general, he didn't know what was going on, he wanted to sit up and found that his feet were in a heart-rending pain, and since then his legs and feet have not been in a good position, he obviously went to the appointment, but he couldn't remember why he appeared in a deserted tent dozens of kilometers away from Golmud.
"Have I really been to Kunlun Jinque......" Ye Jiuqing picked up the photo again, his expression blank.
"Xue Xinrou said that his grandfather Xue Shuqiao was delirious after returning from China, presumably because of Kunlun Jinque." Tian Ji took over and said seriously. "Shopkeeper Ye should have been to Kunlun Jinque, and his lame leg may have been injured in Kunlun Jinque."
"In this way, when Shopkeeper Ye and the others returned from Kunlun Jinque, something must have happened, maybe it doesn't matter to Shopkeeper Ye, even others can't remember anything related to Kunlun Jinque." The palace lord nodded thoughtfully.
"That's unreasonable, we have also been to Kunlun Jinque, the way out where the twelve people left forty years ago, we have also walked, and nothing has happened." I sighed in bewilderment.
"Kunlun Jinqueli...... What's in it? Ye Jiuqing was no longer attached to the past forty years ago, and asked with some excitement in his voice.
"The Yellow Emperor collapsed, buried in the bridge mountain, what is recorded in the literature is true, we saw the ice coffin of the Yellow Emperor in the Kunlun Golden Que, and it was also confirmed that Dayu had been to the Kunlun Golden Que, and got the Luo Book from the back of the turtle in the Golden Que, that place you should really see with your own eyes, this is probably the most spectacular imperial tomb I have seen so far." Speaking of Kunlun Jinque, I still can't calm down.
Ye Jiuqing's expression was excited, and he could see that he was extremely yearning for that place, he was obviously a person who had experienced all this, but unfortunately his memory was like being erased, and he listened to me describe to him what we saw and heard in the Golden Gate.
"When you have time, take me there once, I, Ye Jiuqing, have stolen the tomb all my life, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see the emperor's tomb of the co-lord of the world." Ye Jiuqing's face was full of excitement and a hint of regret.
"Gotta go, gotta go, the jade jewelry in the ear chamber inside is piled up, I packed a backpack and left it in a daze, next time bring more people." When Tian Ji said of Kunlun Jinque, the only thing that could make him worry about it was those treasures.
"How big is the ear chamber?" The general's temperament is very similar to Tian Ji, and the two immediately speculated when they talked about this.
"The big one is gone, don't you see, the jade inside is not a block, it is a tree, the whole tree is full of trees, such a big ......" Tian Ji compared the circle of pigeon's egg in his hand. It's such a big night pearl, and it's all hung on a tree. ”
"My goodness, that's enough to eat for a few lifetimes." The general's eyes and mouth enlarged at the same time, and then the Adam's apple squirmed.
"Kunlun Jinque's biggest secret is not these." I also sat down slowly, the previous anxiety has gradually calmed down now, I am actually quite happy about this result, at least the person I have always trusted has not deceived me, and poured Ye Jiuqing a glass of water again. "About the Moon Palace Kowloon Boat...... It's true! That ship really exists, and the entire Kunlun Golden Gate is actually a huge dock, and the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace used to be moored in the Ice Palace. ”
"Okay, good, good ......" Ye Jiuqing's hand holding the water cup trembled so badly that he couldn't hide his excitement and excitement, so much so that he could only repeat this word simply. I know this is not a legend, I have been exploring tombs and searching for treasures all my life, but what really haunts me is only this treasure ship, I Ye Jiuqing has no regrets in this life, if I can see the Nine Dragon Boat of the Moon Palace with my own eyes in my lifetime, this life is enough. ”