Wen Qingshan smiled, didn't say anything more, he put the human skin map into the wooden box, and then turned his head and asked Dong Xiaodan, "Is Professor Dong at home today?" ”

"He went out early this morning, and I called him to ask where he was." Dong Xiaodan said, took out his mobile phone and dialed Professor Dong's number.

After making the call, Dong Xiaodan turned to us and said, "My dad is in the museum!" ”

The museum is not far from our store, just across the street, just a few minutes walk. So I asked the cheap to stay and look after the store, and Dong Xiaodan and I accompanied Wen Qingshan to the museum.

Before we reached the entrance of the museum, we saw Professor Dong standing in front of the museum, as if he was waiting for us.

Seeing us, Professor Dong immediately stepped forward, and Wen Qingshan hurriedly said, "Professor Dong, I have to come to disturb you today." ”

"Third Brother Wen is outside, please!"

Professor Dong led us into a separate office in the museum building, beckoned us to sit down, and asked, "Xiao Dan said on the phone that you have something to ask me, I don't know why?" ”

Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "I have something in my hand, I want you to help take a look!" As he spoke, he opened the wooden box he was holding in his arms.

Wen Qingshan took out the human skin map from the wooden box, handed it to Professor Dong, and said, "Professor Dong, you take a look at this first. ”

Professor Dong was worthy of being a professional, he did not immediately reach out to pick it up, but first took out a pair of rubber gloves and put them on, and then took the human skin map from Wen Qingshan's hand.

He held the human skin map and looked at it for a while, suddenly his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly picked up the magnifying glass on the table, looked at it carefully, and then raised his head and asked Wen Qingshan: "Could this be a human skin map!?" ”

Wen Qingshan nodded and said, "That's right!" However, the material of this map is not the point, the focus is on the text on it, I look like ancient Tibetan, what do you think? ”

Professor Dong lowered his head again, stared at the words on the back of the map for a long time, and said, "This is the long-lost ancient Zhangxiong script. In the 8th century AD, the Zhangzhung Kingdom, which dominated the snowy plateau, was destroyed by the Tubo Dynasty, and the ancient Zhangzhung script disappeared. However, after the liberation, when the government carried out rescue excavations in the Dunhuang Grottoes, it found this script on a bronze bell, which is said to be a sacred relic of Bon, so the archaeological community believes that the ancient Zhangxiong script is very likely to still be circulated among some primitive Bon people. ”

"What does this Bon say?" I asked curiously.

Professor Dong replied, "Bon originated in the ancient Zhangzhung civilization and is inextricably linked with the 'shamanism' that spread among the Indian tribes of Central Asia, Northeast Asia and Amerindians. Bon doctrine is not only the core of the ancient Zhangxiong culture, but also the source of the traditional culture of the Tibetan nation in China, due to the ancient Tibetan politics, religion and other historical reasons, now many Tibetans are only familiar with the introduction of Buddhism in the official history of the introduction of Buddhism after this period of the official history, and the history and civilization before the eighth century AD is almost not understood, which also makes the original Bon almost unknown, some historians classify modern Bon into the branch of Tibetan Buddhism, and even equate it with Tibetan Tantra, in fact, Although Bon interacts with Tibetan Buddhism in a certain way, it is a religious sect with its own independent religious system. ”

Listening to what Professor Dong said, Wen Qingshan pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "According to this view, this human skin map should be related to the ancient Zhangxiong Kingdom or the Bon Sect, could it be a treasure left by the ancient Zhangxiong Kingdom?" ”

"I don't rule out this possibility, if it is really related to the ancient Zhangxiong civilization, then this can be called a heavy discovery in the field of historiography." Professor Dong was a little excited when he said this.

"Can you read the text on this map?" Wen Qingshan asked.

Professor Dong replied, "It is not difficult to understand these ancient Zhangxiong characters, but it is difficult to understand the meaning of the whole text. ”

Wen Qingshan was slightly stunned: "How do you say this?" ”

Professor Dong explained, "Unlike Chinese characters, different combinations of characters often have completely different connotations, so unless you are very proficient in ancient Zhangxiong characters, it may be difficult for you to truly understand the meaning of this script. ”

"Then you can meet an expert who is proficient in the ancient Zhang-zhung script?"

Professor Dong shook his head and said, "This ancient Zhangxiong script has been lost for many years, and the historiography has only begun to study the ancient Zhangxiong civilization in recent years. ”

Hearing Professor Dong say this, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed, glanced at the human skin map, and sighed, "Hey! I thought I could find some earth-shattering treasures, but who knew that no one could understand this picture! ”

Wen Qingshan didn't speak for a long time, he frowned and muttered for a while, and suddenly seemed to think of something, raised his head suddenly, and said, "If you want to solve the mystery on this map, it's not impossible!" ”

"What's the solution?" I hurriedly asked.

Wen Qingshan said: "Since the ancient Zhangxiong script is still circulating among the Bon, the Bon monks should be able to understand what is written on it, we can go to Tibet and go to the Bon temple to find the monks there to help us!" ”

"To Tibet!?" Professor Dong was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "This is not a bad way." And if you're really planning to go to Tibet, I might be able to help! More than ten years ago, I spent more than two months in Tibet and happened to know a Bon elder. ”

"Really?" Wen Qingshan was surprised and delighted.

Professor Dong nodded, and then said: "That Bon temple is located in Nagqu County, Tibet, but, like most of the existing Bon temples, that Bon temple believes in Yongzhong Bon, so I can't say whether the Bon elder I know can read the ancient Zhangxiong script. ”

I was puzzled and asked, "Why can't you understand the ancient Zhangxiong script if you believe in Yongzhong Bon?" ”

Professor Dong explained: "Bon is divided into Yongzhong Bon and Proto-Bon, Yongzhong Bon is a fusion of Tibetan Buddhist teachings, and now it has been basically assimilated by Tibetan Buddhism, both in clothing and behavior, it is no different from Tibetan Buddhism, which is why some historians classify Bon as a branch of Tibetan Buddhism." The primitive Bon religion completely inherited the ancient Zhangxiong Buddhism, and I just said that the ancient Zhangxiong script is still circulating among the Bon, which refers to the primitive Bon. ”

After listening to what Professor Dong said, I wondered, "In that case, why don't we go directly to the temple that believes in the primitive Bon religion?" ”

Professor Dong smiled and said, "Hehe, even the temples that believe in Yongzhong Bon are very rare now, let alone the temples that believe in the original Bon. The primitive Bon has long become a secret religion that is not known to outsiders, does not build temples, does not preach teachings, and until today, there has been controversy in the historiography about whether the original Bon exists. ”

"Then if the Bon elder you know can't understand these words, where should we go to find this primitive Bon?"

Professor Dong shook his head: "I don't know about this either. ”

I turned my head and asked Wen Qingshan: "Boss Wen, should we still go to Tibet?" ”

Wen Qingshan didn't think much about it, and blurted out: "Of course I want to go!" Now that Wen has obtained this treasure map, he must find out! ”

Professor Dong seemed to be waiting for Wen Qingshan's words, and immediately said, "Third Brother Wen, when are you going to leave?" ”

Wen Qingshan pondered for a moment and said: "The best time to enter Tibet is from late May to mid-October every year, and it is already mid-September. ”

As soon as Wen Qingshan's words fell, Professor Dong slapped the table and said excitedly: "That's good! I'm also ready to prepare, I'll go with you when the time comes......" Who knew that he was just halfway through his sentence, Dong Xiaodan, who was originally sitting quietly reading the newspaper, interrupted him: "Dad, you are so old now, you still want to run to Tibet!" Mom and I didn't agree! ”

Professor Dong seemed to realize that his daughter was also there, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm not old-hearted!" Don't underestimate me, if you really go to Tibet, young people may not be better than me. ”

"Don't brag about it, you went to Tibet more than ten years ago, and you forgot how many days you fought after you came back!" Dong Xiaodan continued to pour cold water on Professor Dong.

Professor Dong didn't know how to convince Dong Xiaodan for a while, his face was flushed, and it could be seen that he really wanted to go with him, as he said, this time it may be a heavy discovery in the history of archaeology, as an expert in this area, how could he miss it.

Professor Dong set his eyes on me and motioned for me to help persuade Dong Xiaodan, I coughed lightly and said, "Xiaodan, let Professor Dong go together, after all, he is more familiar with there, with him, we can also save some snacks." You don't have to worry, the conditions in Tibet are much better now than they were more than a decade ago, not to mention that I am still here along the way! ”

Dong Xiaodan turned his head to look at me and opened his mouth, but he stopped talking.

Seeing that Dong Xiaodan did not object again, Professor Dong hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "Brother Shi Yu is right, now many people are traveling to Tibet, and I have the right to travel!" Don't you know, the scenery of the plateau is simply as beautiful as heaven, with clear blue skies and clear lakes......"

Before he finished speaking, Dong Xiaodan suddenly interrupted him and said, "Okay! I'll let you go! And I can help you convince Mom! ”

"You're serious! I...... Did I hear you right!? Professor Dong looked at me, as if he couldn't believe his ears. I also felt a little surprised, but I didn't expect that I would persuade a few words like that, which actually made Dong Xiaodan's attitude turn 180 degrees.