Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Corpse Jade



As the fat man said, my feelings about the surname Zhang are different, first of all, she is beautiful, there is no doubt about this, human beings will always pursue beautiful things, and secondly, although she has a strong purpose, compared to the woman who kills people without blinking an eye, the surname Zhang is at least a normal person. I'm doing this for no other reason than to protect my teammates, and in any case, there's no reason for me to put a woman in a dangerous situation at this moment.

The fat man obviously wanted to go wrong again, and he picked up the guy who hated iron and steel and followed me, I glanced at him, smiled at him, and said, "Don't worry." The fat man and I had a good tacit understanding, he obviously understood what I conveyed, nodded, and the two of them were like countless fights, one of them was holding a weapon, I looked straight ahead, and the fat man paid attention to the motives around him, and walked towards the tomb door.

The crack in the door looks small, and when we get closer, we can actually allow two people to pass side by side, Dr. Zhang and the two of them followed us, I have already done enough to prepare for the mechanism and the dark crossbow, who knew that as soon as the flashlight entered it, I first drove to a clearing, and at the end of the clearing was a low white stone staircase, I hit the flashlight up the stone steps, and it was densely packed with coffins, which were no different from the contents of the sealed stone.

Could this be the main burial chamber?

It's too easy, right?

The fat man and I looked at each other, obviously the fat man also felt that something was wrong, at this time, the German beauty and Dr. Zhang flashed out from behind us, and the first words of Dr. Zhang immediately made me feel that I didn't know what to do.

"The scale of this tomb is very large, maybe it is an imperial tomb." She spoke quietly, and it sounded like thunder in my ears.

Imperial Mausoleum ...... That's it? Accustomed to seeing Wang Zanghai's methods, this tomb is not even as good as people's ear chambers, and she praised it as an imperial tomb?

The surnamed Zhang obviously saw my thoughts, and smiled at me unexpectedly, and said: "Don't look at the small scale of this tomb, think about the stone pillars outside, those exquisite reliefs, and the entire stone tomb structure, under the geological environment and transportation conditions two thousand years ago, it is not easy for a small country in the Western Regions to complete a mausoleum of this scale." ”

"Before the Silk Road was opened, the countries of the Western Regions were very yearning for the Central Plains civilization, you see the design of this tomb, and the Han people are not much different, if I guess correctly, it should be the owner of the tomb specially invited the craftsmen of the Han people to make it, think about it, why the whole ancient city is deserted, and it is still so well preserved here? Although the structure of the tomb is simple, the materials and space are vast, and it is not an exaggeration to call it an underground pyramid. ”

According to the analysis of the surname Zhang, this tomb does seem very grand. This is the same as doing business, don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing the goods, the good and bad of things, not only have to look at the year, but also look at the historical significance, professional archaeologists, it is really different.

The fat man reacted faster than me, and implemented the principle of pretending to be a grandson to the end, and immediately sent it over: "Dr. Zhang, I understand as soon as you say this, you are worthy of being a scholar who has returned from overseas, and this insight is different." ”

The surname Zhang was in a good mood, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly said to the fat man: "Hehe, I have won the award, maybe I should ask the two for advice." The fat man was stunned for a moment, snorted, and then walked to the side and turned on the flashlight to look at the surrounding funeral goods.

I always feel that the surname Zhang has some meaning, and when I think of the fat man's previous statement, I can't help but think, does this surnamed Zhang see our identity? Then why didn't she debunk it? What does it mean for her to pretend to be stupid like this?

In the burial chamber, the burial goods are neatly placed along the walls in turn, mostly some iron tools, most of them are in the shape of weapons, but they have rusted and rotted, it seems that the people here are very warlike, and according to Dr. Zhang, this may still be an imperial tomb.

The fat man poured the funeral goods for a while, probably nothing to gain, so he turned on the flashlight to go to the stone steps, I now see the coffin and I am worried, even if I know that the coffin is a jar, I still feel uneasy, so I followed the fat man up the steps.

These coffins are very small, only half the size of the current coffin, and the walls are separated by thick stone slabs, and the coffins are stuck inside, and if you want to open them, you have to take the coffin out of it and put it in the ground.

The fat man and I counted with a flashlight, and there were a total of twelve coffins inlaid on them, and the texture of the coffins was a little peculiar, blue-black, as if they were dead, I reached out and touched them, it was very cold, as if I had touched ice.

I suddenly remembered that Xinjiang has always produced jade, so Xinjiang's jade culture has a long history, and they also divide jade into several grades, among them, there are upper grade, middle grade, lower grade, and there is the best above the top grade, but in the legend of Xinjiang people, there is also a kind of jade called corpse jade, this kind of jade is said to be born cold, tentacles are like ice, Cheng Qing black, often a jade vein may not be able to dig a piece, it is said that this jade can raise the corpse, the corpse will not decay for tens of millions of years, and the longer the corpse jade is placed, The more Yin Qi is gathered, the more it can even turn a dead corpse into a living corpse.

Immediately, I said to the fat man, "You say, could this be a corpse jade?" ”

The fat man was touching the coffin, and he was stunned when he heard the words, and then he had a sudden expression of realization, and said: "Innocent, you are tall, why didn't the fat man think of this, tsk, this thing is much more valuable than that pile of broken copper and iron." I saw that the fat man's eyes began to flicker with the light of a bright weapon, and I couldn't bear to hit him, but I couldn't do it without a blow, I had to make him recognize the reality, so I could only say: "Fat man, do you want to carry a corpse jade coffin to Yabuda?" ”

The fat man's excited expression was retracted, and he immediately lowered his voice and said, "Otherwise, let's write down the location, and when we leave Yabuda, we will come down." ”

I shook my head and said: "This is the Taklamakan Desert, the second largest mobile desert in the world, fatty, I ask you to be reliable, when we come back from Yabuda, this ancient city may have been buried in the yellow sand, where do you find it?" ”

When the fat man heard this, he looked at the corpse jade coffin with a grief-stricken expression, and almost didn't hold the coffin and shed two sad tears. I was about to remind the fat man to pay attention to the image, Dr. Zhang and the two also followed up the stone steps, and then, her eyes slowly slid over these corpse jade coffins, her expression gradually became surprised, and immediately, her gaze stayed on the twelfth coffin, I followed to look over, the size and shape of the coffin did not have any peculiarities, but I found that these corpse jade coffins were carved with some very abstract paintings, all of which were crooked lines, I thought about it, and felt that these lines were a bit like ancient Persian.

At this time, Dr. Zhang said, "Let's take this coffin down." "She's talking about the twelfth coffin, could it be that this woman wants to open the coffin? I suddenly remembered that she was also the master of Kaifeng Stone before, and now she asked us to move the coffin, how can this woman be more like a fight than me and the fat man?

As soon as the fat man heard that he was going to move the coffin, he immediately came to his senses, kicked me, and said excitedly: "Work." We carefully pulled out the corpse jade coffin from it, and then put it on the ground, and were about to ask the surnamed Zhang if there was any next step, when the surnamed Zhang had already turned on a flashlight and began to look at the other side of the coffin.

This coffin is the same as the one engraved on the sealing stone, there is no coffin lid, and in the center of the coffin, there is a jar that I don't know whether it is gold or what material, which contains about the heart of the tomb owner, and one side was attached to the wall before, and now it is placed on the ground, Dr. Zhang began to look at the words engraved on that coffin, and while reading, he also communicated with the German beauty in German.

The fat man and I didn't understand, but this feeling was very unpleasant, when I saw that they were still talking, I felt my pocket, and found that the cigarette fell somewhere, at this time, the fat man handed me a cigarette, and we swallowed the clouds and fog in the tomb, and smoked two cigarettes in a row, and Dr. Zhang and the two stood up, and the conversation gradually became Chinese.

Dr. Zhang said, "It should be the place I said." ”

The German little dragon girl said: "What I said above, does it really exist?" ”

Dr. Zhang shook his head and found that the fat man and I were staring at them, probably sensing the dissatisfaction between me and the fat man, she actually explained automatically, pointing to the contents of the coffin and said: "This is the last king of this country, and the coffin is engraved with his epitaph, which records the life of the tomb owner and some major events in the country, and there is a very interesting record." ”

The surname Zhang took the initiative to explain, and his attitude was not bad, I eased my mood and said, "What kind of text is this?" "Between the countries of the Western Regions, there are many kinds of scripts, I don't believe it, this surname Zhang can still understand every one.

Dr. Zhang smiled and said: "In the ancient Western Regions, the countries that invented their own writing were very rare, and most of their writings absorbed the culture of the Han Dynasty or surrounding countries, among which the Tianzhu Persia area was the most deeply affected. "She's so vocal and angry, I think I'm acting too stingy.

At this time, the fat man said: "Dr. Zhang, don't study any ancient Persian, just tell me, just write what is written on it." After speaking, he pointed to me and said, "This kid has forgotten all about English level 4, and you still expect him to communicate with you in Persian?" ”

I immediately kicked the fat man and scolded, "I still remember a few words!" The fat man looked ignorant and said, "What? ”

I was having trouble with the fat man, Dr. Zhang had already shook his head, with a helpless expression, and then said: "It is recorded that this country is called 'Oni', and now the owner of the tomb is the last monarch, in addition to recording several large-scale natural disasters, it also records an interesting war. ”

The war is a bit out of place to describe it with the word funny.

Dr. Zhang said: "There is another country recorded above, called 'Kuwei', it is said that this country came out of the Western Regions overnight, and the people in it have a lot of gold and silver treasures, but the people of that country never interact with the outside world, and do not allow other people to step in, their location is located in a central area, blocking the trade of various countries, so one day, together with more than ten small countries including 'Oni', began to invade 'Kuwei'.