Chapter 12: The High Priest's Son

Participating in this expedition was originally to pursue the secret of the treasure of Pakistan, but accidentally discovered the traces of the White Tiger Ba, which is not just a general field archaeological clue, but a group of living Ba people.

finally sorted out the cause and effect, and my heart was mixed, happy that I was clear that I was still alive, and worried about whether I could still get out.

In this dark cavern, the biological clock is completely ineffective. His body was aching and weak, but his sense of hearing became sharp and his thinking was still clear.

He was sitting on the stone bed in a daze, and felt the sound of footsteps approaching in the distance. One is light and the other is heavy, and it is a man and a woman who come, still the two people who "last night". The man inserted the torch into the stone mortar and stood by the door, while the woman carried a bamboo basket with a lid. The bamboo lid was lifted, and the aroma hit, and inside were two rice balls and a large piece of mutton, and the goat's milk was contained in an earthen bowl. It looks like my treatment has improved.

After handing me the lunch box, the woman stood beside the bed, watched me finish eating, touched my hand when she was cleaning up, retracted it in an electric shock, hurriedly lowered her head, lifted the bamboo basket and hurried away.

After a while, two more people came, but I don't know if they were the two who led the way the day before. It seems to me that they all look similar. This time they only had torches and no weapons in their hands, and I felt a little more secure.

Guided by the two of them through the dark cave, I paid attention to the cave pathway, the cave road has been done with simple manual treatment, there are three pipes made of bamboo at the top leading to the cave, I have guessed that the thickest one of them should be for ventilation, the other should be for water, it seems that these cavemen also use "tap water", but the third pipe is not guessed what it is for. There are also some carved symbols in some places, most of which are in the shape of hands, some facing up, down, left and right, are they road signs?

After a while, we came to the previous hall. There was an extra man on the terrace of this hall, a woman, standing beside King Ba.

Her outfit was very different from that of other women, with a headband in her long hair and a few colored feathers inserted into it, somewhat like the crown of a Kazakh woman. The eyes are large, light blue, and the ears hang from two huge copper rings. There are two fish stripes painted on the cheeks, and the dress is also made of satin, the neckline and cuffs are sewn with fur, and the belt part is inlaid with several small silver robes, like a modified hani suit. Under his feet, he wore a pair of strange shoes made of fine linen with five toes exposed, and the laces were crossed around the calves a few times and then knotted in the crooks of the knees, which was very fashionable. Although he was not tall, he looked at me condescendingly, with a little surprise in his contempt, and he was bewitching and breathtaking.

"Outsider, can you understand me?" said the high priest suddenly, asking me in an accent similar to that of a young man.

I turned my head in the direction of the High Priest, hesitating whether to answer. The young man shook his head lightly behind him, and with a cough, I immediately understood what he meant, and that yesterday my father had asked him to have less contact with me, apparently with some kind of concern. If I don't understand their language, then this concern will be lessened, and my relatives and I will have more opportunities to interact.

So I looked at him blankly and shook my head. The high priest asked me a few more questions in the native language, but this time I really didn't understand.

The high priest frowned, consulted with the king for a while, and gave a few words to the man who served me last night. Based on the name given to him, I judged that his name should be Gemu.

Gemu led me towards another cave door, followed by a woman in Mai holding a wooden tray with what appeared to be a set of silk clothes.

Where are they going to take me this time? Are they going to take me out of the cave? How I longed to see the sun after living without seeing the light of day all day, but it was not that simple, at least not now. So it's going to be a different place to live? It's unlikely. The original place of residence is already a guest room, and it is inseparable from the cave in exchange. Could it be that they were going to be imprisoned? It was even more unlikely, and if so, there would be no need to change clothes made of silk.

Just as I was puzzled, Gemu led me to a stop by a wooden door.

The wooden door is finely made, folio, with carvings and copper rings, push open the wooden door, inside is a steaming cave hall, against the inner wall of the cave hall is a large pool, there is a bamboo pipe on the cave wall sticking in, and the steaming water is flowing into the pool from the bamboo pipe.

It turned out to be an artificial hot spring, and the tension was relaxed. Although you can't get out of the cave, it's good to be able to soak in a hot spring sauna in such an environment, don't think so much, and live in the moment.

While I was undressing, the woman in the hemp skirt was always standing behind me, with no intention of leaving, so I had to keep a pair of panties and go down into the pool.

The water in the pool is slightly hot, slippery and greasy, with a sulfur smell. The Mai woman took a sackcloth and a bar of soap and put it on the edge of the pool, then took off her blouse, sat next to me wearing only a bandeau or something like underwear, raised my head and put it on her lap, and slid and kneaded it with both hands on my head, which turned out to be giving me a massage, which was really unexpected.

After the head massage, moving to the shoulders and back, I completely relaxed, letting the nimble fingers of the half-naked woman slide over my body, closing my eyes and refreshing.

Yes, the situation is moving in a good direction, and the danger is away for the time being, and I can easily think about the question: first, where did the people in the green robe come from? Why did the country of Ba in the wilderness have a high priest in Central Plains costume? And so powerful. Second, who is the Emperor of the Emperor? The tone of the relatives seems to respect him very much, is there a more powerful tribal leader? Third, who is the bewitching woman in strange costumes? It seems that her status is also very special, is she the princess or daughter of the King of Ba? Fourth, where is the exit of this cave?

Among these four questions, the last one is not too important, now that personal safety has been guaranteed, knowing that the exit is a matter of time, that is, I am afraid that I am still a little reluctant to return to the original world immediately.

The main thing is that there are so many mysteries that need time to solve, and it's not too late to find a way to go back when the mystery is completely revealed. Wouldn't it be an earth-shattering event to make this discovery known to the world! It would be no less significant than Columbus's discovery of the New World. At that time, fame and fortune were nothing more than a gesture.

I couldn't help but laugh.

After the massage was complete, my mind was basically decided, I stood up, and the woman in sackcloth used a burlap towel to help me dry my body, and put on a silk dress, which was a little tight, and the sleeves were a little shorter.

Although there is no mirror, but at this time I must be like a big singer, very funny, I thought that these things can only appear on the stage or in the movie, but I didn't expect it to befall me today, and it is neither acting nor dreaming, it is a very incredible and very realistic thing, but this reality makes people scratch their heads for a while.

When he went out, he saw a young man waiting outside the door, and Gemu and the woman had already retreated. He looked at my dress, froze, and then smiled.

"You're wearing my clothes, you're handsome. ”

"Thank you so much. ”

"Your clothes have been taken and washed, and in two days someone will bring them to you, and this is what you have found in your pocket. "The young man handed me a ballpoint pen, the only thing I had other than clothes that marked modern civilization.

"Thank you for being so thoughtful for me. ”

"You're welcome, I have a lot of questions for you in the future. "The young man looked at me with great sincerity, his eyes full of eagerness to learn.

"I have a lot of questions for you. I looked at each other and smiled.

"By the way, may I ask the name of the honorable surname? My surname is Chu, and my name is Hanbao, which means very precious. "We both thought about it almost at the same time.

"My name is Pi Zhaoyin, also known as Little Tiger, which symbolizes the tiger that brings light.

"The tiger that symbolizes light, this name is very interesting, I hope you are really a tiger that can bring light. Honestly, we're tired of these dark days. "Han Bao chewed on my name, as if to me, as if to himself.

"Let's go, I'll take you out to have a look, I think you can't wait. ”

"Of course, I don't know if I'll be able to open my eyes when I go out. ”

Although I had worked in a darkroom before, this was the first time I had been in the dark for such a long time.