155. Take the initiative
After returning from the desert, Monica gave Luo Zihang a very good remuneration, and then returned to the United States.
After this trip to the desert, Ah Cheng really cheered up, and also overcame the previous psychological barrier, he did not run to rob the tomb again, but accepted Professor Tian's invitation, joined his archaeological team, and started his archaeological career again.
Luo Zihang was naturally invited by Professor Tian, but he refused......
It's not that he wants to try his hand at other professions or rob tombs, but he wants to prepare for his next adventure.
Luo Zihang has now accepted his fate, since the "Will of the World" requires him to participate in the plot, he is too lazy to dodge, but this does not prevent him from making more preparations before this......
Just like when dealing with marching ants before, he prepared incendiary bombs in advance, and he could have prepared restraint equipment in advance according to the dangers he would encounter in the future.
It just so happened that Monica gave him a good pay, and ......
When he was in the Exquisite Ancient City before, Luo Zihang quietly touched a few "gadgets" and brought them out, just to prepare for the follow-up adventure.
With sufficient funds, Luo Zihang recalled the plot while recording all the props that might be used in the future.
It didn't matter if it could really be used, he had to get ready first anyway.
It's just that he wrote and wrote, and suddenly came back to his senses......
Why should I wait for the plot to find my way? Now that he already knows the way to lift the curse, why not take the initiative?
In the original book, Zhou Shijie experienced a series of adventures in the Longling Grotto in Qindi, and then searched around for a long time before he knew that the location of the "Yun Chenzhu" or "Phoenix Guts" was in the tomb of the king.
But he already knows this clue, so there is no need to go to Qindi this time, just go to find the blind man who used to be the descendant of Xieling, and get the map of the tomb of the king from him.
Wait a minute......
Where did that blind man come from?
If you have a chance in the future, you must give yourself the ability to never forget!
Luo Zihang, who couldn't recall this detail for a long time, thought hatefully in his heart.
However, he was not too anxious, although he couldn't remember the specific location of the blind man, but he didn't run away in Qindi, and he should be very close to Professor Xun, who studied ancient characters, who appeared later.
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And that Professor Xun is also quite famous in the archaeological community, and Professor Tian is very familiar with him, so it should not be difficult to find the other party.
So the next day, Luo Zihang contacted Professor Tian and asked where Professor Xun was.
However, Professor Tian's reply made Luo Zihang numb......
Because that Professor Xun is not in Qin Di at all, but is giving a lecture in Lu Province, and his residence is in the capital, and the few places he usually stays in have nothing to do with Qin Di.
In other words, he will not go on a business trip to Qindi until the beginning of the plot.
But it's not a big problem, since Professor Xun's line can't go through, then he can still follow the clues of the plot to find it, since Professor Xun and the blind man he met when he went to the Longling Maze Cave to rob the tomb in the original book, then he just needs to find that Longling......
Although he didn't remember where Longling was in Qindi, as long as he inquired locally, he should be able to find it quickly.
However, just as he was about to go to Qindi, Ah Cheng came to him first.
It turned out that Professor Tian suddenly fell ill, and the result of the hospital examination was that the iron element in his body was inexplicably lost, and an eye-shaped red spot was also found on his back, which looked very similar to the jade eyeball he saw in the Exquisite Ancient City.
Oh...... By the way, the Ghost Cave Curse began to attack after the age of forty.
Only then did Luo Zihang remember that there was still this stubble.
The original book Professor Nakata was taken abroad by Monica for treatment because there were too many people who died, and he was delirious due to excessive stimulation, but this time no one died under Luo Zihang's operation, and Professor Tian naturally failed to go abroad, which caused the curse effect on his body to be much more severe than in the original book......
Depend on! Professor Tian shouldn't have died in China because of this, right?
Luo Zihang thought a little speechlessly.
But now, he has no other way, he hasn't started the clue to lift the curse yet, and arranging for Professor Tian to go abroad for treatment like in the original book is not something he can interfere in.
So he could only say to Ah Cheng: "So, have you ever looked at your back?" ”
"What do you mean?" Ah Cheng was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he gasped, "You mean we were also tricked?" ”
"Well, although I didn't lose any iron, I was taking a shower two days ago and accidentally noticed a round red spot on my back, which I thought was bumped into or bitten by some bug."
Luo Zihang said casually, and told the truth in a speculative tone: "Now you say so...... It was probably because there was something left on us in the Exquisite Ancient City, as for why only Professor Tian was sick...... Probably because he's older? ”
Ah Cheng didn't have time to think about why only Professor Tian was sick at this time, he quickly took off his shirt, then turned around, and urged urgently: "Brother Jie, you help me look at my back, do you really have that eye picture." ”
"Alas......" Luo Zihang sighed, "Yes, it seems that this is true...... Now you go and ask Senior Brother Zhang about them, and see if they all have it or only Senior Brother Zhang has this mark, so that you can know when we were recruited. ”
"Also, you go and ask Professor Tian and the Great Golden Tooth if they can contact Monica, since she has a diary related to the Exquisite Ancient City, maybe she will know something."
After thinking about it, Luo Zihang said again.
In fact, even if he didn't give these hints, Monica would find his grandfather's diary and learn about the curse of the ghost cave, and he just wanted to find something to do for Ah Cheng.
Although it would be better to have a helper when the curse was lifted later, Luo Zihang considered that he couldn't explain the reasons for doing some things many times, and he didn't bother to think of so many excuses, so he just acted alone.
Anyway, even if he accidentally dies, he will just break away from the copy.
"Okay, I'll go!"
Ah Cheng didn't know what Luo Zihang really thought, anyway, he felt that what Luo Zihang said was quite reasonable, so he hurriedly went to Professor Tian and Senior Brother Zhang according to his words.
After sending away Acheng, Luo Zihang continued to pack his luggage, and then boarded the train to Qindi.
The next thing went quite smoothly, perhaps because Luo Zihang's behavior did not deviate from the main plot, so he was not targeted by the "will of the world".
He soon found out about the place called "Longling" in Qindi, and then searched for the blind fortune teller in the surrounding county town.
In many literary and artistic works, fortune tellers with a little ability are mostly blind, and even if they are not blind, they will have some other defects......
This is because people always feel that fortune tellers who are physically handicapped are more credible, which is related to the concept of "heaven cannot be revealed" since ancient times.
Therefore, after Luo Zihang inquired around, he found that there were several blind fortune tellers in a small county town......
In desperation, he could only look for them one by one according to the size of his fame.
Fortunately, in addition to being a fortune teller, his target is also a "retired" tomb robber, and Luo Zihang, who is half a colleague and has the talent of "touching gold", had an inexplicable premonition the moment he saw the other party......
The other person is the same kind as himself.
After confirming the target, Luo Zihang followed the other party all the way, planning to wait for him to be alone, go forward to knock him unconscious, and then get the map of the tomb of the king from the other party and run.
It's just that although he has a lot of experience in tracking, he ignores a problem......
The other party is blind.
And according to Li, this blind man is still a practitioner.
Luo Zihang was naturally discovered.
It's just that after the bold blind man realized that he was being followed, not only did he not panic, but deliberately led Luo Zihang to a remote forest.
"Come out, old man, although I am blind, my ears are very sensitive."
After entering the forest, the blind man suddenly turned around and said calmly.
At the same time, he used the guide stick in his hand to play a beautiful stick flower, looking fearless.
"Ahem, I've seen the old-timers."
was discovered, and Luo Zihang could only walk out from behind the tree, arching his hand a little embarrassed.
"I don't know what the little brother is doing to find the old blind man?" The blind man raised his eyebrows and asked in a playful tone, "Your voice is unfamiliar to me, it shouldn't be my previous 'client', right?" ”
Obviously, he has deceived people before, and he has not been approached by "customers" to "complain", but looking at his current moisturizing and uncaring appearance, his "after-sales service" here must be very bad.
"I want to borrow something from my seniors." Luo Zihang said as he walked towards the blind man.
"Oh? Don't know what? The blind man put his cane across his chest, and was secretly on guard as he inquired.
At this time, Luo Zihang was too lazy to speak, and when he was about fifteen meters away from the blind man, he suddenly increased his speed and rushed towards the other party with an arrow step.
And the blind man's reaction was quick, and he did not retreat but faced Luo Zihang, and the guide staff in his hand also poked at his face door very accurately.
Just from this hand, it can be seen that the blind man's skills are definitely not weak, but it is a pity that he met Luo Zihang, who opened the "martial arts wizard......
Luo Zihang is not only stronger than the blind man, but his physical fitness is also much higher when he is in the prime of life, not to mention that he also unlocked the talent of "long strength" in Kunlun Mountain.
So after a not very fierce fight, Luo Zihang successfully "chopped" the blind man with a hand knife and fainted.
In fact, in reality, if you really "cut" a person with a knife, there is a high chance that the person will be paralyzed or even die due to bulbar injury, cerebral hemorrhage and other reasons.
But in film and television works, it's different, this trick is much better than hitting the jaw with a fist......
In the world rules of film and television works, especially domestic film and television works, chopping the neck is one of the strongest control skills.
After "chopping" the blind man, Luo Zihang quickly searched for the map of the tomb of the king from the other party.
And Luo Zihang didn't take his map for nothing, he picked one of the "gadgets" he brought from the Exquisite Ancient City before, stuffed it into the blind man's pocket, and then left Qindi with the map.
Luo Zihang did not go directly to Yunnan Province as shown on the map, but returned to the capital.
Because the location of the tomb of King Xian has both miasma and all kinds of messy insects, and even the name of the volume has the word "worm valley" in it......
It feels like he can't get along with the bugs in this copy.
So Luo Zihang has to go back and replenish the equipment first.
Gas masks are naturally indispensable, and he also plans to buy some of the pesticides available on the market, compared to the guns obtained from abroad through Monica's connections in the original book, Luo Zihang still thinks that the use of pesticides may be greater.
It's just that when he returned home, Ah Cheng and Monica were already waiting for him here.
As in the original book, Monica found her grandfather's diary and learned what the curse of the ghost cave was all about, and under her arrangement, Professor Tian had been sent abroad for medical treatment, of course, mainly to alleviate the curse on his body.
It's just that all of this happened a lot earlier.
In the original book, Monica came to the door after the protagonist and Ah Cheng explored the Longling Maze Cave from Qindi, although Luo Zihang had just returned from Qindi, but first, he went earlier than the original book, and secondly, he did not visit the tomb, and the time consumed was definitely less than in the original book.
So......
Is the world line constricting again?
Luo Zihang was a little helpless, it seemed that he probably couldn't get rid of these two destined teammates.
Just as he sighed in his heart, Monica also explained his intention...... She wanted to work with Luo Zihang and Ah Cheng to find a way to lift the curse.
"We have already handed over the ghost cave inscriptions collected from the Exquisite Ancient City to Professor Xun to decipher, but the ghost cave inscriptions have not been recorded before, so it is very difficult to decipher them."
Monica said to Luo Zihang with a serious face: "So we can't put all our hopes on those ghost cave texts, we still have to find the dust beads mentioned in my grandfather's diary." ”
"Well, actually, I went out this time just for this matter."
Luo Zihang took out the map of the tomb of the king and put it in front of the two of them to unfold it.
"I don't know what the dust beads are, but I learned through a not-so-formal antique dealer that the Xianwang of Yunnan Province once made a sacrificial vessel with the kind of eyes on our backs, and then I followed this clue and found this map."
He casually made up a reason to get the map of the tomb of the king, anyway, Monica has no other clues now, even if the reason given by Luo Zihang is not so certain, Monica, who wants to lift the curse, will most likely choose to act with him.
Of course, it would be better if Monica wasn't ready to go together, but unfortunately, according to the consistent urine nature of the "Will of the World", this probability is not very high.
As Luo Zihang expected, Monica recognized Luo Zihang's plan without much thought, and said that she could provide financial and gun support......
Looking at it this way, it seems that it is also a good thing to take her with you.
As for Ah Cheng, he still looked forward to Luo Zihang as always.
Luo Zihang didn't bother much, since they wanted to go together, then bring it.
Anyway, both of them have the aura of the protagonist, so they shouldn't be holding back much.
And there is also an advantage to bringing two more people, that is-
Pesticides can be brought with more.
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