45. The ancient city that floats in the center of the great river
"This brother's approach is indeed good, but it is really risky." Hou Shaochun thought about it for a while, but he didn't make up his mind after all.
"It's a risk, but can you think of a better way than this?" A short and fat guy named Xu Zhongfa glanced at Hou Shaochun impatiently, with disdain in his eyes.
"Chief Xu, Deacon Hou's worries are not unreasonable, our operation is not only to save people, but also to send people back to Bangladesh intact, which is a bit difficult." Li Boling rarely showed a gentle face, but there was still a little majesty in his words.
"Director Li doesn't have to worry, King Delhi's shooting and detention of members of the Bangladeshi mission has had a wide and far-reaching impact on the situation in South Asia. Xu Zhongfa put his hands behind his back, looking strategic.
"You mean, they're going to send someone to help us?" Li Boling's expression froze, and his heart was instantly full of incomprehension and confusion.
"Exactly, according to the latest information we have gathered, Ladakh has sent special forces to infiltrate the military camp, and Assamese's Shepherd Moon Party is also active in the area around Patna, and even the fragmented Brookba has sent a small team of dozens of people to secretly observe the situation." Palermo noticed Xu Zhongfa's sign language cues and immediately added.
"Since they all came to cheer us on, of course I can't let them see jokes, promise to be in charge, and cooperate happily." Li Boling motioned to his subordinates to pour sweet wine for them, hoping for a successful start to the operation.
In fact, the four countries of Ladakh, Baleb, Assam, and Brukhba seem to be full of sincerity, but they each have evil intentions, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to count on their help; Even Zhe Mengxiong's Southern Association is also a clear and dark one, and if he is not killed by them, it can already be regarded as burning high incense, so the probability of success of this operation can be said to be very small, and the scheming Li Boling should not make such a low-level mistake.
However, there seems to be variables in everything; Moreover, it seems to account for a large proportion.
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The noise in her ears gradually disappeared, and the darkness in front of her became thicker and thicker, and when Gu Yuexi was fully awake, she found that the speedboat had reached the depths of the Ganges River.
"Miss Gu, are you awake?" Wang Wenyuan hurriedly handed her a peeled apple and a glass of freshly brewed lemonade.
"yes, a little sleepy." She couldn't help but yawn, and then stared blankly at the wide river and the thick fog in front of her, and she didn't know when, and she felt a sense of confusion in her heart.
"Girl, it seems that there is something on your mind." Wang Wenyuan was keenly aware of the drift in her eyes, so he reminded with concern.
"Wenyuan, do you think everything I've done so far is worth it?" She hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question.
"It's worth it." Wang Wenyuan glanced at the bright moon that was half covered by the clouds, and whispered.
"Tell me your reason." Gu Yuexi slowly leaned her head on his shoulder, and the feeling of hesitation in her heart became more and more intense.
"Actually, it's very simple, even though Ling Zun has been dead for more than 20 years, he still leaves a deep mark on your heart, which is enough to reflect his great significance to your life; In this case, his unfortunate murder needs a reasonable explanation, and his murderer needs to pay the price of his life, which is the law of the operation of the Heavenly Dao and the foundation of the existence of conscience. Wang Wenyuan was silent for a while and spoke eloquently.
"Heavenly Dao, where is it?" Gu Yuexi's mind fell into a chaotic state at the moment, so she couldn't understand something rich in philosophy.
"Your heart." Wang Wenyuan pointed to her chest and said slowly.
"Hush." She rolled her eyes at him, then tilted her head slightly, taking a sip of the refreshing, sweet lemonade in her glass.
But at this moment, her originally floating eyes suddenly became focused, as if she had seen something extraordinary.
Following her line of sight, she could clearly observe that four or five hundred meters in front of the side of the yacht took on the outline of a city without warning, and it was also an ancient city with a wide moat, a majestic arched gate, and a towering black wall.
"Oh my God, it's spectacular." Wang Wenyuan was also deeply attracted by this rare delicacy, so much so that he couldn't help but express his heartfelt admiration.
"Miss Gu, do you want to know what it is?" Sulmo consciously slowed down the boat and asked with a little excitement.
Gu Yuexi then examined it carefully, and then replied to him in a tone that was not very affirmative: "Could it be that it is a mirage?" ”
"Well, that's good, but you're only half right." Sulmo nodded slightly, and then said slowly: "As for the other half of the person you didn't answer, we need to go to it and enter its interior to find out." ”
"This ......" Gu Yuexi's moon eyebrows instantly frowned, and she said in her heart, could it be that the scene in front of her is not a natural phenomenon caused by the refraction and reflection of light, but a mysterious existence that cannot be explained by science?
After a short time, the speedboat docked steadily at the pier outside the ancient city, where there are two roads, a north-south road paved with bluestone slabs, it starts from the pier, passes through the moat, and finally enters the ancient city; The other ring road, made entirely of rubble, runs roughly parallel to the moat and surrounds the ancient city.
"This ancient city must be a satellite city near Fahrenheit, the capital of the Mauryan Empire." Gu Yuexi observed carefully for a while, said slowly, and then turned her gaze to Sulmo on the side.
Unexpectedly, Su Lemo smiled faintly, pointed to the empty city tower, and explained: "Miss Gu is smart, but unfortunately it is not real, but a copy." ”
"Replicas?" Gu Yuexi was taken aback, and her head unconsciously remembered the statue of Pongchug that she had encountered in the underground space and the cyan stone door carved with the original and Aryan figures, after all, those things with a long history could not be preserved so well after thousands of years of wind and rain, unless they were reset by later generations according to sketches or documents.
However, can contemporary people really reproduce such realistic and magnificent ancient ruins based on scarce and incomplete Sanskrit historical materials?
Obviously, the answer is no.
As if seeing the doubts in Gu Yuexi's heart, Su Lemo raised his head and replied with a serious face: "For the sake of Miss Gu's eagerness to know the answer, I won't hide it too much, this is a kind of magic called "Aobo" inherited from the ancestors of the Guzde clan, that is, to systematically restore the broken things in the mind, and recreate the things that have been restored in the memory through tedious steps. ”
"I see." Gu Yuexi nodded slightly, but she still had a question that she hadn't thought clearly, that is: What is the reason why the Guzde people are doing this?