At this point in the story, Duan Yuwen let out a sigh of relief, as if he was very tired and tired, and when I listened to this story, I was completely immersed in it and couldn't extricate myself.

The plot in the story is so bizarre and weird, but the details are so real, as if it really happened to me, it makes me believe that all this is the real thing.

Something that is enough to subvert one's view of the world. Thirty years ago, after experiencing these things in Yunnan, my father resolutely shifted his research direction to metaphysical research.

What did I say before, my father and a few good friends met together to go to Shizhai Mountain in Jinning, Yunnan as a scholar, and the site of the ancient Dian Kingdom in Yunnan was completely a pretense to deceive outsiders.

Just a few hours ago, I was puzzled by my father's sudden transformation, but now when the expedition of thirty years ago reappeared before my eyes, I realized that it all made sense. Not to mention that Wang Chengbao commissioned my father to continue this research before he died, even if he didn't say it, with my father's character, he would definitely not stop there.

I glanced at Ryazan, who had not said a word from the beginning, and he was sitting on the sidelines, playing with the bronze coin with his legs crossed, tilting his head, and smiling with his trademark indifference, as if all these twists and turns were nothing to him.

I asked Duan Yuwen what happened next, and he replied: "What happened later is difficult to explain in words, of course, the death of Wang Chengbao and the Qin brothers is beyond doubt. At that time, your father fainted, and I saw six Miao people coming down the stone steps. I can't remember the specific appearance of these six Miao people, although they have torches in their hands, but these people are very similar in height and size, at first glance, it is impossible to tell who is who, and their faces are also covered with tattoos, I took a general look, and the totem runes we saw on the bronze coffins and wooden doors are very similar. ”

When I heard this, my heart tightened, and I subconsciously thought of the tattooed man Gao Peng told me, and the whole head looked like a locust at first glance. So, is there any connection between the tattooed people who sneaked into my house and the six tattooed Miao people in the underground palace?

I didn't interrupt Duan Yuwen, he continued: "I don't know how the six Miao people of Lu Dao knew that Lu Dao and us were in the underground palace, but they did save my life and your father's life. Among them was a Miao man, his speed was very fast, and he rushed to the monster that was eating Wang Chengbao in a few big steps. The man was very skilled, and he was not afraid of the monster, he was so fast, so fast that I could not see his movements in the darkness, only to see his last palm hit the monster's chin from the bottom to the top, and with a strong push, the monster's head was broken with a 'rattle'.

However, although the man easily dealt with the monster, it was too late, and Wang Chengbao's whole head was no longer the same, and the whole person lay on the ground and only twitched twice, and then there was no movement.

"At this time, those few tattooed Miao people walked up to me, and I just wanted to say thank you to them, but suddenly I realized that there was something wrong with their expressions, it was a very insensitive look, it looked cold, almost like a robot. Before I could speak, they slapped me on the back of the neck, and I fainted. Before I fainted, I asked about a scent, so peculiar that I can't describe it in words. ”

"What about my father?" I asked.

Duan Yuwen took a sip of tea and replied, "When I opened my eyes, I found that it was already the next morning. I lay alone in a small cabin, and your father was not carried in until noon. I was shocked when I saw your father, his face was pale, as if he had a serious illness, and his entire right arm was bound by a rough bandage. ”

"It was Azuna who saved him?"

Duan Yuwen nodded and said, "That's right, it's Ashina." Actually, I later learned about Lu Dao, it turned out that the six tattooed Miao people were also sent by Ashuna, I thought it was strange at the time, that underground palace is very deep, and there is such a long Yong Dao, even if we make a loud noise inside, it stands to reason that people outside can't hear it, but she not only knows that Lu Dao is us inside, but also knows that Lu Dao we are in danger. ”

"I heard she's a wizard." I said. Although this answer seemed a bit nonsensical, and I would have laughed out loud if I had said such a thing on other occasions, I was so serious that even at that moment, I was convinced that Ajuna was like a god.

When Duan Yuwen heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at me, as if he had some regret or helplessness, and then continued: "I was called to Ashina's room the next night, and at that time, she was already in her seventies. To my surprise, the Miao people in the entire ancient village lived almost in isolation, so they didn't speak Chinese, but Ashuna spoke fluent Chinese, and her first sentence surprised me. ”

I suddenly remembered the mysterious village where the Qin brothers met, and the even more mysterious village chief, and asked, "Could she be asking you 'where did the distant guest come from?'" ”

Duan Yuwen sighed and said: "That's what she asked, I told her where we came from, and she continued to ask me, 'Yuanke is a Han person', I replied yes, at this time, she suddenly took out a jade pendant-like thing from her arms and asked me how I could have this jade plate."

"I raised my eyes and saw that this was not the jade plate that Wang Chengbao left to your father when he was dying. At that time, your father was kicked away by Wang Chengbao, so Wang Chengbao threw the jade plaque to me, but his meaning was very clear, he wanted your father to continue his research with the jade plaque.

"I think someone searched me when I fainted and gave the jade plate to Azina. I didn't dare to hide anything, so I told the truth, but I didn't expect that Ashina would want to take the jade plate for herself. I tried to argue something, but a group of Miao people outside the door drove me back to the cabin. ”

"He didn't ask my dad?" I asked.

"I also asked," Duan Yuwen replied, "It's just that at the beginning, your father was completely in a deep coma, and he barely woke up after three days, but after waking up, he was sometimes awake and sometimes confused, so he recuperated for a whole week, and your father barely recovered from that serious illness." As soon as your father awoke, he was called to Arona, and I don't know what the two of them were talking about. I also asked your father afterwards, but his answer was more like prevaricating me, so I simply stopped asking. ”

The story is not finished, and there are too many problems that have not yet been properly explained. For example, why did Duan Yuwen stay in Yunnan for Lu, while my father returned to his hometown in Northeast China? When was my brother Van Perling involved in this? In the past 30 years, what has been the research of my father and Duan Yuwen? Of course, there are many, many unreasonable things to be resolved, and there are some situations that even Duan Yuwen can't explain clearly, he just gave me a detailed introduction to what he knows.

What happened later was that my father wanted to inquire about the underground palace from Ashuna, but he didn't get a clear explanation, and after getting the jade plate, Ajuna found that she couldn't get any useful information from my father and Duan Yuwen's mouth, so after your father's injuries were healed, he sent a Miao man to send us outside the mountain, and that Miao man was Dazhao's father.

However, everything that happened in the dungeon was so bizarre and terrifying, how could my father and Duan Yuwen ignore it, the two of them secretly made up their minds that even if it was for the sake of the dead Qin brothers and Wang Chengbao, they must continue to investigate this Miao ancient village.

After some discussion, Duan Yuwen made a decision that surprised my father, and he planned to stay in Yunnan to continue to contact Azuna in the Miao ancient village. For him, everything that happened on the border of Yunnan made him unforgettable, and in the face of those bizarre experiences, he was determined to find out what happened.

However, I speculate that there is another reason for this, that is, during the entire expedition thirty years ago, Duan Yuwen was too young and too cowardly and incompetent, and he was a person with strong self-esteem, so it is very likely that he resolutely chose to stay in Yunnan to continue the investigation in order to make up for his previous cowardice.

My father was already married at that time, and my brother had not long been born at that time, so my father had to return to his hometown in Northeast China no matter what, so Duan Yuwen naturally became a liaison for my father in Yunnan.

Back in his hometown in the Northeast, my father immediately began to study everything related to witchcraft and witchcraft, and he gradually discovered that witch culture originated before all religions, and this is the case in all parts of the world, taking Chinese Taoism as an example, no matter what Maoshan school or Quanzhen school, its essential roots are all derived from witch culture, and witches are undoubtedly the earliest wise men and leaders of the entire human society.

So, my father began to try to publish his views in some academic journals, and of course, my father was not stupid enough to write about the whole experience of Yunnan, so that no one would believe him at all. However, his views have been criticized by many scholars, because my father obviously overemphasized the role of witch culture, and in his view, witchcraft was almost the driving force behind the development of the entire historical civilization.

However, here, Duan Yuwen revealed to me something that I didn't know before, that is, my father suddenly chose to remain silent because of what he wanted, and he resolutely stopped publishing articles for any academic journal. It turned out that my father had received many, many threatening letters, which did not mention the reason, but only told him to stop the research immediately, otherwise there would be bloodshed.

Since the person who wrote the letter knew my father in detail, and the person who wrote the letter seemed to be well aware of my father's experience in Yunnan, my father decided to choose silence, of course, this silence was only a superficial silence, but in fact, he never slowed down the pace of research.

The question he is most concerned about and most perplexed about is - where did Wang Chengbao's jade plate come from? Why would a witch who lived a life of isolation be so interested in this jade plaque?