Chapter 9: The Ancient Kingdom of Excellence
It took a long time for the three of us to calm down and accept the cruel truth. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Biaozi pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, Xiao Yu, why are you here, can't you sleep, you want to go to the bar to get drunk?" That's a coincidence, the three of us are planning to do this, so why don't we go together. ”
Not only Liu Feiyu came, but Tan Jia and the rest of the scientific research team also arrived here, and their group looked at the three of us strangely, not knowing what was going on in their minds, but there was a taste of disdain in their eyes, and my heart sank, it seems that they regard the three of us as first-class flower thieves.
After a while, Tan Jia said with a little anger: "You guys are so unreasonable, you actually deserted in the process of performing the task, and made trouble, I think about it, your salary will be halved from now on, and all holidays will be canceled in the future." ”
The three of us were like falling into an ice cellar, our whole bodies were cold, and Sankra almost wailed and said: "Captain, Miss, beauty, it's not so serious, let's just massage it, relax your muscles and bones, you can't poison your hands." ”
Tan Jia bit her lip lightly, she wanted to say something, but she still didn't say anything, she glanced at the three of us, and finally stopped her gaze on me, with a disappointed look in her eyes. After a while, she snorted heavily, and regardless of what the three of us thought, she turned around and left with the others.
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Sankla immediately complained to me: "It's all your boy's trouble, it's okay to be a hero, look, this trouble is coming, I don't care, you have a good relationship with the tigress, this matter is up to you to settle the matter, the poor monk doesn't want to suffer from that unwarranted disaster." ”
Biaozi looked at me with a regretful face, sighed and said: "Brother, this incident was caused by you, a manly man, dare to do it, for the sake of everyone's happy life in the future, I can only temporarily sacrifice your hue." ”
I was so surprised that I couldn't close my mouth, and I was almost forced to vomit blood by these two living treasures, and immediately scolded: "your uncle, if you didn't ask me to come out for a massage, would I be able to do this?" You two don't want to pass the blame, I can tell you, the rabbit is dead, and the rabbit can't run away. ”
After returning to the row of wooden houses, Tan Jia made a straight face and asked us to tell what happened in front of everyone. Originally, Biaozi and the others had already discussed countermeasures on how to bluff the others, but when I saw Tan Jia's sharp eyes, I actually shuddered, and I couldn't help but summon everything out.
But what the three of us didn't expect was that Tan Jia was unusually calm this time, and after listening to our affairs, she was just silent, and after a long time, she said to everyone: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple, the other party is not only a foreigner, but also carries a firearm by his side, I suspect it's the third uncle's gang?" ”
I immediately shook my head and said, "I have dealt with the third uncle, although the old boy is ruthless and arrogant, but he will never indulge his subordinates when he is on a mission, so I think this incident has nothing to do with the third uncle." ”
Liu Feiyu interjected curiously: "Who is the third uncle?" What are you making such a fuss about, I can tell you, there are countless foreigners who come here every year to hunt for treasures, and there are many foreign forces with weapons, so don't be surprised, but those foreigners dare to be so swaggering, it must be not small, we still have to be careful. ”
Hearing Liu Feiyu say this, everyone's expressions relaxed, and Tan Jia said thoughtfully: "I really hope that Xiao Yu thinks it is, otherwise, with a few of us, we are really not the opponent of the old fox of the third uncle." ”
Professor Zhang said with some worry: "Even if it is not the third uncle's group, we can't be careless, this group of people has an unknown origin, and they all bring firearms, if it is really the same as our purpose, we want to go to the ancient country of Loulan to explore, and when the time comes, it will be a big trouble, we have to be more careful along the way!" ”
After the three of us made such a fuss, I don't know if the little old man of the store really changed his mind, and he didn't come to find fault, and what made us even more unexpected was that the foreigner didn't seem to want to make too much trouble, and he didn't come to us for trouble for a whole night, so that I, Biaozi and Sankla kept watch for hours in vain.
Early the next morning, without saying hello to the little old man in the shop, we left the key to the room, packed up our things, and left the oasis. When we reached the gravel road, the sun rose again under the sand dunes in the east, and we led the camels and started a new journey.
The deeper you go into the desert, the more sparsely populated, and in the end, you can't even see a single family, but Liu Feiyu is right, in addition to our group, we also see a lot of exploration gangs, most of them are Chinese, and a small number of people are foreigners.
We originally wanted to find out the group of people from yesterday, but everyone was wearing veils, which was really difficult to identify, and most of the people who could come here to explore had some strength, for the sake of the overall situation, we could only take one step at a time, so we didn't provoke those foreigners.
Seeing that we were so careful along the way, Liu Feiyu seemed to feel that some of the grass and trees were all soldiers, and said with a smile: "We don't have to be so nervous, the people who walk on this road are not necessarily going to the ancient country of Loulan." There are thirty-six ancient kingdoms in the desert, and in addition to the ancient kingdom of Loulan, there are also some ancient kingdoms that have disappeared, which are also the targets of many explorers, such as the exquisite ancient city. ”
As an archaeologist, Professor Zhang is naturally very concerned about these things, and he said with some curiosity: "Is it a peerless ancient country?" Xiao Yu, you often travel around here, how much do you know about the culture in the desert, and what rumors have you heard? ”
Liu Feiyu had a cheerful personality, she was held back for a day, she couldn't help it for a long time, someone talked to her to relieve her boredom, so she naturally couldn't help but say: "There are many rumors, I heard that the Exquisite Ancient City has been found, and many valuable things have been found in it, but the people who found these things are foreigners." ”
Liu Feiyu told us that about three years ago, a group of 10 foreigners entered the desert and stayed there for ten days. When they came out, there were only three of them left, and I don't know what they encountered in the desert, and two of the three went crazy.
The two crazy foreigners said that they were exquisite ancient cities, and they also mentioned a large underground tomb with a lot of gold and silver treasures, the value of which could not be estimated. The only foreigner who was not crazy was worried that his companions would cause unwarranted disasters, so in desperation, he sealed their mouths with something.
However, when the three of them came out, their backpacks were bulging, and the two crazy foreigners often mentioned gold, silver and jewelry, and this matter finally let the bandits in the desert know. That night, the desert bandits came to them with weapons and attacked the small hotel where they were staying.
Surprisingly, however, the foreigner who wasn't crazy seemed to have been prepared, and when the desert bandits stormed their room, they saw only two corpses and a bag full of jewels. There is no doubt that the two corpses are the two crazy foreigners, judging from the scene of their deaths, they should have been killed by their companions.
Those bandits didn't care how the two foreigners died, they only had that big burden of gold, silver and jewelry in their eyes, and immediately some people couldn't help it, so they had to sit on the ground and share the spoils. The leader of the bandit naturally did not agree, if it was before, everyone thought that he was the first to look forward, since the boss said so, naturally he did not dare to have any complaints.
But I don't know what happened that day, as soon as the bandit leader's words fell, the horse boy behind him gave him a knife, and said with a cruel smile: "These jewels belong to everyone, if you want to eat them alone, then go to hell!" After he finished speaking, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, he stabbed the bandit leader several times in succession, until the other party could not die anymore, and then he stopped.
But the matter was not over, and it was getting more and more strange, and after the death of the bandit leader, there was a coaxing from below, and they were all willing to swallow the jewels for themselves, and finally began to kill each other. I heard that when the police arrived at the scene, the house was full of the corpses of the bandits, and the large burden of gold, silver and jewelry was left there intact.
Later, some people said that the queen of the ancient kingdom was vicious and cruel, and she killed a lot of innocent people when she ascended the throne, and looted a lot of people's fat and ointment, which made the country complain. Later, the common people prayed to the heavens, and finally moved Hu Dazhen, who was angry, and buried the queen's palace with yellow sand, including her large treasures.
However, the queen of the exquisite ancient kingdom is not a simple person, she seems to be good at witchcraft, and before she died, she cursed her country and her people, if anyone disturbed her underground soul, it would bring ruin to everyone. The common people were poor and crazy, and naturally ignored the queen's curse, and organized a large group of people to excavate the queen's underground palace, hoping to find the buried gold, silver and jewelry.
Who knew that the excavation was halfway through, that night, the exquisite ancient city ushered in a thousand years of rare wind and sand weather, just a short day, the entire ancient city was buried by yellow sand, only a very small part of the people escaped. And none of those who excavated the underground palace came out alive, and they all became the funeral objects of the Absolute Queen.
Hearing this, Professor Zhang couldn't help but gasp, and he said, "So, those bandits didn't kill each other frantically because they wanted to make money, but because they were cursed by the queen?" ”
Liu Feiyu laughed and said, "Who knows? However, everyone thinks that as long as it is the queen's things, they are cursed, and whoever touches those things will bring disaster to themselves. ”
I felt that there was something strange about this matter, it was really full of loopholes, and I couldn't help but say: "This legend should be false, just imagine, if you touch those gold, silver and jewels people will be cursed to death, then why is the only living foreigner okay?" ”
Liu Feiyu glanced at me in some surprise, and then said with a smile: "If you don't ask, I almost forgot about this matter, and this matter naturally has a following." ”
On the same day, the desert bandits attacked the small hotel, and only found the bodies of two foreigners, but they didn't know where the other one went, and the foreigner who disappeared was very powerful, and actually took away two large bags of gold, silver and jewelry. After the gangster's incident, the local government attached great importance to this matter, and according to a series of information, finally found out the information of the foreigner.
The foreigner was British, working in a company that smuggled antiquities, and this expedition to the desert was to find the ancient culture of the desert. The ten of them are here to fight the front station, and as long as there is any gain, the British side will send a large army to come and steal the treasure. However, to the government's surprise, after the Englishman returned, he also went crazy, but left behind a map with a clear mark of the location of the exquisite ancient city.
The company was overjoyed when it got the map, and half a year later, it organized a large number of people to go to the desert to steal treasures. However, all of this is under the surveillance of the government, and in order to catch them all, the government quietly sends people to follow them, and once things change, they will arrest all the people.
But what no one could have imagined was that the British followed the map all the way to the past, and arrived at the location that marked the exquisite ancient city, but found that it was empty, let alone the ancient city, and not even a single stone was found. The British, naturally, were not reconciled and dug nearby, but for several days, there was no progress at all.
They stayed in the desert for a long time, and they ran out of food and water, so they had no choice but to return in vain. Later, they went into the depths of the desert many times to find the mysterious ancient city, but they all returned in vain, and on the last expedition, they encountered a super storm, and none of them were spared, and they were all buried in the yellow sand.
Later, the government also sent people into the depths of the desert to find the exquisite ancient city, and they found out the approximate location of the exquisite ancient city through historical records, and began to excavate a large area. After working in the desert for more than a month, someone finally found the remains of the exquisite ancient city under the sand.
The state seems to attach great importance to the archaeology of cultural relics, and has also sent a large number of armed police officers to guard the ruins of the ancient city to prevent lawbreakers from fishing in troubled waters.
After another three months, the archaeological staff finally discovered the location of the palace of the exquisite ancient country, and successfully cleaned up the yellow sand around the palace. They cautiously walked into the palace and searched around, and found a very large ancient tomb, just below the palace.
However, the entrance to the ancient tomb was sealed by a large stone, and it was engraved with ancient characters like a ghostly talisman, and through the decipherment of some text experts, it was known that the words on the tombstone were all kinds of curses. The curses were vicious, saying that anyone who disturbed the Yin Spirit in the tomb would be subjected to the demon and eventually die.
For this kind of curse information, archaeologists have not seen it in all kinds of ancient tombs, so they did not take it to heart, carefully arranged it, and the next day, everyone opened the door of the ancient tomb.
Behind the gate is a very wide passage, which slowly extends downward, and there is no end in sight, and there is a waterlogged channel next to it, and there are insects and rats in it. They kept walking forward, and soon came to the end of the road, and found a very large grotto under their feet, and in the center of the grotto, there were many sarcophagi.
There were hundreds of those sarcophagi, and there were gold and silver jewels piled up next to them, which were illuminated by the light of the flashlight, and for a time they were full of light, and people couldn't help but be greedy. The archaeologists were so excited that they called down a large number of armed police, saying that they were going to carry the gold, silver and jewelry.
But no one expected that just when everyone went down to the grotto, an accident happened. For some reason, those who had touched the gold and silver jewels had become very hideous, and as if they were enchanted, they could only laugh madly when they held those gold and silver jewels.
Finding that something was wrong, the person in charge sent the armed police down, but unexpectedly, those armed policemen also seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, looking at those gold, silver and jewelry, they were all stupidly laughing. But this was not the worst, it didn't take long for the armed policemen to suddenly go berserk, raise their submachine guns or something, and shoot at the people in the ancient tomb.
Where would everyone have expected this situation, they were not a little defenseless, and most of them were killed by bullets at one time, and those armed policemen also killed each other. At this time, the entire underground tomb suddenly shook for unknown reasons, and some people who were still awake felt bad and immediately retreated.
Liu Feiyu said to us coldly: "That time, only three people escaped, one armed policeman, and two experts. But not long after they returned, they all committed suicide, leaving not even a word left. What's even more strange is that since then, the ancient city has disappeared from the desert, and no matter how many people the country sends to look for it, it will be in vain, and then the matter will be over. ”
Hearing this, we were all dumbfounded, we didn't expect so many strange things to happen in the excavation of the Exquisite Ancient City, it was a nightmare!
Tan Jia Zou Mei said: "I know something about this, at that time, this archaeological excavation project, known as the 101 project, was directly controlled by the national high-level remote control, after the mission failed, the country seemed to be completely dead, even the code name of this project was canceled, and those archives were sealed." ”
Wu Jian seemed to think of something, so he said: "Whether it is the Exquisite Ancient City or the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan, it seems that it disappeared very suddenly, and too many incredible things have happened, it feels like it is a forbidden place for the living, and it seems that there is a shocking secret hidden in it, and I don't want future generations to know." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )