Chapter 2 2. Mysterious antiques

Yin Li's hand holding the flashlight gradually tightened, and all five fingers turned white.There was dense cold sweat all over his forehead and back, and it was even colder when he was blown by the wind. She sneezed violently, as if she had taken her guts out.She made up her mind, walked into the street, and walked towards the faint light. The spot of light came from a relatively well-preserved dwelling. The window seemed to be covered with a layer of paper. The light from the candle swayed in the room, reflecting a figure.Seeing the figure, Yin Li unconsciously took a step back.The shadow walked back and forth in the room, its stature was a bit short, and it could not be seen that it was a man or a woman.

Yin Li's heart skipped a beat, could this be the owner of those strange footprints? Her heart was beating violently like a cunning rabbit. She stared at the shadow for a long time before summoning up the courage to shout towards the room: "Xiaowen? Xiaowen, are you there?" The shadow seemed to have heard her voice, paused, and disappeared in a flash to the side.Yin Li felt like a drum was beating in her chest, and walked cautiously to the door. There is no door anymore, and the former door has disappeared in the thousands of years of weathering.Yin Li stood at the door and saw a table in the room.Although the table is not new, it does not look like a cultural relic from thousands of years ago.There was a white candle standing on the table, but no one was there.

"Xiaowen?" Yin Li walked into the house, the inside of the house was even dilapidated than the outside, it was just a single room, there was no bedroom, and everything inside could be seen. "Xiaowen!" Yin Li finally saw her friend.She was lying on a bed in the corner of the room. The bed was a stone bed. It might have been covered with cotton wool, but now there was only dust and some stones.Qin Wen just slept on it, motionless. Yin Li quickly ran over, helped her up, and pinched her vigorously: "Xiaowen! Wake up quickly, you must be safe!" There was a hint of crying in her call, if Xiaowen was killed, how would she explain to her parents?How to explain to yourself?

Qin Wen frowned, and slowly opened her eyes.Yin Li's face gradually became clear from blur: "Xiao Li? Me, where is this?" "Thank God!" Yin Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's great that you're fine." As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, but didn't fall. Qin Wen was puzzled: "I remember I was sitting on the ground drawing a picture just now, how did I get here?" "Do you remember who brought you here?" Yin Li asked quickly. "I..." Qin Wen's eyes were dimmed, she scratched her head and thought carefully.

"I was painting, and I fell asleep in a daze for some reason. I seemed to be a little conscious in my sleep. I seemed to see the face of an old woman." "Old woman?" Yin Li asked in surprise. "Yes, a very old woman with a long robe on her body, her face is wrinkled, and she looks very short." old woman?Yin Li frowned, if it was an old woman, maybe her feet were really small.But can an old woman memorize Xiaowen? She went to the window to look at the layer of paper that pasted the window. The wind blew on the paper, making a shuttle sound.The paper is very new, it should have just been glued on, could it be that old woman also made it?What is she going to do?

"Xiao Li! Come and see!" Qin Wen seemed to have discovered something, and shouted loudly. Yin Li hurried back to her, saw that she was holding a wooden plank and a stone covered with dust in her hands, and said, "What is this?" "I don't know, it's just on the bed." Qin Wen carefully wiped off the dust on the wooden board, and there was a row of strange characters written in ink on it. "Ku Luwen?" Qin Wen exclaimed. "What is Kan Luwen?" Yin Li asked in confusion. "Khalu script is also called Kulou script and donkey lip script. It is a Niya dialect. It is written horizontally from right to left. Jingjue Kingdom has always used this script. It is also written on the wooden slips discovered by Professor Stein a hundred years ago. reading such words." Qin Wen raised her head while talking, and saw Yin Li looking at herself with strange eyes, and said quickly: "You forgot? My mother is an expert in the study of characters in the Western Regions. I also learned a lot from my mother. thing."

"Then what's written on it?" Yin Li asked eagerly. "How do I know?" Qin Wen shrugged and said, "Kalu script is one of the most difficult scripts in the world. It is not this script that I have learned the most, so I can only take it home and ask my mother to help me read it." , Maybe you can understand the general idea." After saying that, he put the wooden plank into his backpack, Yin Li was startled, and said, "This is an important cultural relic, so you are not afraid of breaking the law?" Seeing her turn pale with fright, Qin Wen smiled wickedly: "Don't worry, this thing is definitely not an antique. The board is too new, and the ink is also new, so it must have been made recently. As long as it's not an antique, what am I afraid of?"

"It was made recently?" Yin Li frowned, how could there be wooden slips that were made only recently in this ancient city?Could it be?Was it left by the old woman?What is her intention in doing this? Thinking this way, Yin Li took the stone that was placed with the wooden board from Qin Wen's hand.After wiping off the dust, his face couldn't help changing: "Jade pendant?" "Let me see!" Qin Wen has a special liking for jade, and when she heard that the jade pendant was quickly snatched, her face changed accordingly. It was a piece of jade pendant of quite good texture, with a dark blue background, and there seemed to be liquid flowing inside.Holding it in your hand, you can actually feel a warmth.The jade body is carved in the shape of an insect, with two wings full of patterns, like a moth but not a moth, or a butterfly but not a butterfly.I don't know what year it is, but the workmanship is very exquisite, so it should not be a vulgar thing.

"It's strange, there doesn't seem to be such a pattern record in the Jingjue Kingdom." Qin Wen scratched her head: "Isn't this something from the Jingjue Kingdom?" "What are you mumbling about?" Yin Li asked, "Is this an antique?" Qin Wen was taken aback, she fell in love with this jade pendant at first sight.If this piece of jade has a history of at least two thousand years, Xiao Li will definitely force her to hand it in. It will be difficult for her to see it by then, why not? "No, it's not a good thing, it's just ordinary jade." Qin Wen didn't know how to lie, and blushed while talking.Fortunately, the lights in the room were dim, and Yin Li didn't seem suspicious.

"Okay, get up quickly, let's find the way back." Yin Li helped her out of the bed, and the two had just walked to the door.Yin Li paused, and her face immediately turned pale. "Xiao Li, what's wrong with you?" Qin Wen was startled, did Xiao Li know that she was lying to her? "Xiaowen, when I was outside the house just now, I saw a small shadow in the house, but it disappeared when I entered the house. But I didn't see her go out from the main door." "Maybe, it's from the window..." Qin Wen turned her head away. There was only one window in the room, which was covered with a layer of white paper.Her face immediately became as white as that piece of paper, the two looked at each other, and suddenly thought of a terrible word:

ghost! The two screamed miserably, and ran with their feet apart, the wind whistling in their ears, and the yellow sand hitting their faces like a knife cutting them, but they didn't realize it.I don't know how long they ran until both of them lost their strength and fell down on the sand.I just feel dizzy and my whole body is sore. "Xiao Li—we, our speed just now, can we participate in the Olympics?" Qin Wen was naturally optimistic, and at this time she still did not forget to joke: "It is definitely not worse than Liu Xiang." Yin Li was speechless and could only smile wryly. Qin Wen turned her head inadvertently, and cried out as if discovering a new continent, her voice was full of surprise: "Xiao Li! Look, our camp!" "What?" Yin Li couldn't believe that she had such good luck.Turning around, I saw a string of undulating tents and bright lights. The two were excited for a while, and they ran towards the camp happily regardless of their tiredness.In the process of running, Yin Li turned her head to look at the way she came from, and the mysterious Niya dwellings had long since disappeared, leaving only a blur of darkness in the night.