Chapter 56: The Tomb of the Holy Lord
On the table are the human skin tattoos sent by Yoshida Hanzo and the numbers copied from the tattoos, as well as the dragon buckle that has been merged into one by Xiao Lianshan, which is enough for us to find the tomb of Genghis Khan.
Xiao Lianshan put the patchwork human skin tattoo in front of us, this is the first time we have seen a complete tattoo puzzle, and as we imagined before, the combination of the tattoos inherited by the eighteen red wolves is actually a complete map.
The mountains and hills are clearly marked in detail on this map, and in the middle of the map is a place marked in red, but there is no text left on the map, this map has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to judge the specific location from the map today.
"Isn't there something you noticed wrong?" Yun Duruo suddenly said thoughtfully.
"What's the matter?" Nangong Yi asked in surprise.
"From the beginning of the Fusang people to the killing of Xie Tong, to the eleven corpses of the descendants of the red wolf we found in the end, plus Wen Ru who was killed at the end, we can only determine the dead seventeen people." Yun Duruo pointed to the human skin tattoo and said. "We haven't found Nie Haoran's body so far, but this patchwork of human skin tattoos is complete."
"You mean...... Nie Haoran has also been killed by the Fusang people? Han Yu suddenly realized.
"However, the information we know shows that the reason why the Fusang people were able to accurately find the descendants of the eighteen red wolves should be the clues and information provided by Nie Haoran, and he should be cooperating with the Fusang people." I asked, confused.
"You don't have to think about it, there must be one descendant of the eighteen red wolves who hasn't died." Xiao Lianshan didn't think about it on the side, and answered in the affirmative. "But as for whether it's Nie Haoran you say, I don't know."
"Dad, how do you know there's another person who hasn't died?" I asked, surprised.
"You don't need to know this, I only promise to help you find Genghis Khan's mausoleum, I don't want to ask about the rest, things are right in front of you." Xiao Lianshan pointed to the things on the table and said to me. "Go find a map."
Gu Xiaoxiao was much more excited than us, it should be the first time she had been exposed to something so interesting to her when she was so old, as soon as Xiao Lianshan finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the room to find a map and spread it on the table.
We have compared the markings on the human skin tattoo with the map, and have gradually identified several very prominent locations, the place marked in red in the tattoo pattern should be located somewhere in Inner Mongolia, and the approximate location should be in the southeast of the present-day Ordos Plateau and the northeastern edge of the Mu Us Sandy Land.
We searched for this area on the map, and Nangong Yi suddenly overlapped the map with the pattern of the human skin tattoo, and said with ecstatic eyes.
"This should be the Ijin Holo Banner!"
Our eyes all looked at the location of Nangong Yi's finger on the map, and Nangong Yi was well-informed and told us that the Yijin Horo Banner was actually a later name, before which Yijin Horo was formed by the merger of the original Zasak Banner and the Junwang Banner, and the area under the jurisdiction of the Zajun Banner has been a nomadic area of the northern ethnic minorities for generations.
"Do you know why this place is called the Ijin Holo Banner?" Nangong Yi asked us with a smile.
Of course, we are at a loss for what to do with this aspect of history, and we shake our heads blankly.
"The Ijin Horo Banner is in Mongolian, which means the Holy Lord's Mausoleum." Nangong Yi said to us unhurriedly. "There is only one person who is called the Holy Lord in Mongolia."
"Genghis Khan!" Gu Xiaoxiao took over excitedly. "Holy Lord's Cemetery...... Could it be that the Yijin Horo Banner is where Genghis Khan's Mausoleum is located? ”
We glanced at each other, Xiao Lianshan and Gu Liancheng sat quietly in their chairs without saying a word, and there was not the slightest hint of joy on their faces, in fact, except for Gu Xiaoxiao, we were not very excited.
The Fuso people did everything possible to kill so many people to gather this human skin tattoo, it only took us a few hours to determine the location in the tattoo pattern, presumably the Fuso people should also know the place of Yijin Horo Banner, so why bother to tell us the secret.
What's more, Genghis Khan's Mausoleum has been silent for hundreds of years and has not been discovered, it should be an extremely hidden place, we have always been a little puzzled by this result, and we feel that this secret is too easy to know.
"How big is the Ijin Horo Banner?" The prince asked calmly.
"Occupy an area ......," Nangong Yi's expression of joy gradually dimmed after looking at the map. More than 5,600 square kilometers. ”
The location marked on the map only indicates that it is the Ijin Horo Banner, and it is even more difficult to find a hidden mausoleum than to find a needle in a haystack on such a large area.
"More than 5,600 square kilometers, if you really want to find this, you have to find what year and month to go." Han Yu said somewhat disappointed. "What's more, Genghis Khan is still buried in secret, and no clues are left at all, no wonder the Fusang people got this human skin tattoo and only sent it back, and there was still no progress after a long time."
"That's not it, I can really find Genghis Khan's Mausoleum for you in the Ijin Horo Banner." Xiao Lianshan took a sip of tea and said casually beside him.
All of our eyes were focused on Xiao Lianshan's body, looking at him with confidence, as if he had known the location of the mausoleum.
"Dad, where do you know where Genghis Khan's Mausoleum is in the Ijin Horo Banner?" I still asked with some disbelief.
"It's not just me, I'm sure many people know about it." Xiao Lianshan replied with a faint smile.
"A lot of people?!" We looked at each other, and for a while we didn't understand what Xiao Lianshan meant.
"The meaning of the Yijin Horo Banner is the Tomb of the Holy Lord, you all know that the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is in the Yijin Horo Banner, that is not simple, as long as you know the name of this place, you will know." Gu Liancheng said to us disappreciatively.
"Yes, why is this place called the Tomb of the Holy Lord?" The prince muttered thoughtfully. "Since Genghis Khan is a secret burial, he doesn't want people to know the location of his mausoleum, why would anyone name this place with the Yijin Horo flag?"
"That's because there is indeed a tomb of Genghis Khan in the Ijin Horo Banner!" Xiao Lianshan said unhurriedly.
We were stunned again, completely dazed and at a loss, Xiao Lianshan put down the teacup in his hand and told us lightly that Genghis Khan had led his troops to pass by Yijin Horo on two expeditions to the west, and was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery there, and Genghis Khan was buried in Yijin Horo after his death, so this place has the name of the Tomb of the Holy Lord.
"Genghis Khan is buried in Ijin Holo?!" Gu Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Lianshan with a puzzled expression. "Dad, why do I get more and more confused the more I listen, didn't I say that Genghis Khan's mausoleum has never been found, so what about the mausoleum of Ijin Holo?"
"That's the tomb of Genghis Khan, not the place where he was actually buried."
Gu Liancheng also seemed to know this very well, and told us unhurriedly that the tomb of Genghis Khan in Yijin Horo was only a place for worship, not a place for burying the golden body.
Because the Mongolian people are nomadic people, the place of sacrifice is actually a tent that can be moved at any time, so that the sacrifice can be carried out anywhere, after the death of Genghis Khan, the white room of the sacrifice spirit was built in Ordos, and it has been in a state of seclusion at first.
According to historical documents, after Genghis Khan returned to heaven, he established the white palace tent of Genghis Khan in the Mobei grassland and the south of Muna Mountain, which is now Ordos, as the chief deity, and carried out the highest standard of worship and sacrifice.
"So the human skin tattoo does not leave the exact location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, but another clue pointing to the mausoleum, so that even the eighteen red wolves do not know the location of the mausoleum." Nangong Yi said thoughtfully.
"That's why Genghis Khan's intention to make the eighteen red wolves unable to meet privately in his posthumous training should be because he was worried that the tattoo would be passed on to future generations, and someone would piece together a complete tattoo pattern." Yun Duruo also said with understanding.
Judging from the current situation, the secret inherited by the Eighteen Red Wolves is to lead out the tomb of Ijin Holo, and Genghis Khan must have left the secret of his mausoleum there, but there is nothing else in the clues we have.
"Since the tattoo is to reveal the location of another clue, what are these numbers for?" I asked, pointing to the discrepancies in the numbers on the human skin map.
On the patchwork of human skin tattoos, there are two numbers under each human skin, a total of eighteen groups, what is the specific purpose, we have tried for a long time but have not found a pattern.
It is impossible for you to find the tomb of Genghis Khan by sitting here, and now that you know the location, you will leave for Ijin Horo tomorrow. Xiao Lianshan stood up and said firmly. We must arrive before Genghis Khan's sacrifice, and if the tomb of Ijin Holo leaves a clue to the mausoleum, I don't think it will be so easy for us to find it. ”
We each went back to the room to pack up our things, and in the evening Yun Duruo came in with a decoction of medicine, she seemed to have developed a habit, and it was at this time every night that forced me to drink the bitter and unpalatable medicine, but under her careful conditioning during this time, my eye disease really did not continue to deteriorate, although it was still blurry, but at least I could still see things.
It's just that Yun Duruo doesn't know why, I feel that she is gradually in poor spirits during this time, especially her pale and scary face, and the whole person is inexplicably weak, I have asked her several times Yun Duruo said that she has not rested well.
She forced me to drink the pill and her eyes fell on the old horn I had placed on the table.
"You're not going to give this horn to your father?" Yun Duruo asked casually.
"Worn-out old things, and they are still broken, and they don't have any special meaning to give them to him." I picked up the horn and flipped it over and over again, and for a long time I didn't think it was answered.
"I think this horn is quite chic." Yun Duruo took his hand and showed a very happy expression.
"Take it if you like." I smiled at her.
"You're too casual, this thing was given to you by the person in the ghost market, no, to be exact, it was for you to give it to your father, that person won't send you something for no reason, the last time I sent wind chimes saved my life, this time maybe this horn has other uses."
"What can this trumpet do?" I smiled faintly and said lightly.
"Then I'll keep it for now, and when I have the right opportunity, I'll ask Uncle Xiao, if he doesn't like it, I'll accept it." Yun Duruo took the horn and said to me lovingly.