Chapter 52 Chapter 6 Mummy Cave

Now I finally figured out all the ins and outs of the matter.Niqiong kept talking about guarding a secret, which whetted our appetite, but in the end he didn't say it directly, which made me and Xu Zhiwu a little depressed. Finally Xu Zhiwu couldn't bear it any longer, and asked: "Niqiong, I would like to ask, what secret did the emperor ask you to guard?" Niqiong looked very apologetic, and said: "I'm really sorry, this can't be said casually. If I say it, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the world. Please forgive me." He didn’t say this at first, and it’s fine if he didn’t add a sentence of “the world will be in chaos”. I haven’t been completely whetted, but after hearing what he said, I can’t wait to pry his mouth open and let him tell the secret quickly.

But of course I couldn't do that.In fact, I decided to lose Niqiong's appetite, so I told him that Drolma Yangjin once said, "If the Japanese send back the shameless things to China, the world will definitely be in chaos." "Look, there are actually two people talking about two things, and they both said that the world will be in chaos..." I said in a slightly joking tone, "Hey, what am I going to do?" Niqiong suddenly thought deeply, tapped on the table lightly with his fingers, and repeated my words: "What should I do... what should I do?"

He seemed to want to say something, Xu Zhiwu and I looked at him silently, waiting for the next article. "Well, Mr. Xu and Mr. Luo must be tired after rushing here from Lhasa. You guys should go to bed early tonight. I won't bother you with nonsense..." Niqiong stood up as he spoke. He came over, made a gesture of please, and led us to the guest room. ... What Niqiong told us seems to be clear and clear.But the old man left such a big suspense there, I kept thinking about it in my heart, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep.I wanted to discuss it with Xu Zhiwu, but he just fell asleep and didn't give me a chance at all.

It was so hard to arrive at dawn, I woke up early, and heard Tenzin Zongji lightly preparing breakfast, and occasionally the sound of pots and pans.From time to time, Niqiong tried his best to suppress the coughing sound, as if afraid of disturbing us. After a while, Niqiong came to invite us to have breakfast.Tenzin Zongji was very virtuous. He cooked porridge for us according to the Han custom, and served with one or two side dishes. Although it was not very tasty, I was very moved by their thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness to the guests. After dinner, Niqiong asked us: "Do you want to go to the Guge ruins? After all, you are all here. It would be a pity if you don't go. And..." He stopped here deliberately, waiting to see us Reaction.

In fact, needless to say, I will definitely go to the Guge ruins.I really like the desolate atmosphere of the ruins I saw last night. Xu Zhiwu hasn't found the answer he wanted, so naturally he won't leave.So the three of us walked slowly towards the Guge ruins. The morning in Tibet is a bit cold, the sun is still shining brightly on the body and it is still cold. It took only half an hour from Niqiong's house to the gate of the Guge ruins.As soon as we went, a dark-faced, strong-built Tibetan man in his thirties came over to greet Niqiong in Tibetan, which I still couldn't understand.But it can be seen that the man respects Niqiong very much.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Niqiong introduced to us the man named Tajie, who was the gatekeeper of the Guge ruins and was good at painting Thangka.His thangkas are famous far and wide. Tourists once traveled thousands of miles from Beijing to buy his thangkas. Hearing Niqiong praise him so much, Tajie was very embarrassed, and smiled at us honestly, rubbing his hands, a little at a loss. After speaking, Niqiong gave us a brief introduction. He deliberately told Tajie in Mandarin that I had had direct contact with a faceless devil.As soon as Tajie heard this, he immediately became excited, but he seemed not good at words, and he couldn't speak Mandarin, so he could only look at me excitedly and expectantly, waiting for me to explain to him in detail.

Somehow, I have a good impression of Tajie who can draw Thangka.Probably because I saw some words about him in some travel notes.Some tourists said that he was a lonely gatekeeper in the ruins entirely out of his love for the Guge ruins.When I saw this sentence, I was deeply moved. I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet this charming celebrity who is described as lonely and vicissitudes today.However, my intuition tells me that Taj will definitely not be a simple ordinary person, definitely not. In this way, I am more willing to have a further talk with Tajie, but Niqiong very enthusiastically said that he would take us around, so that Tajie would not bother, and stayed at the door to entertain other passengers who might show up.

The hospitality is hard to refuse, so we had no choice but to go into the Guge ruins with Niqiong.As soon as I entered the door, a desolate and solemn atmosphere came over my face. I was infected by this atmosphere and immediately felt sad.All the things that we think are rock-solid forever, no matter whether they are blooming or desolate, in the end, they still cannot escape the fate of becoming a pile of ruins and leaving others with emotion. I don’t know if it’s because Niqiong noticed the sadness in my expression, his words became very few, and he only introduced to us from time to time, “This is the Red Temple”, “This is the Dharma Guardian Temple”, “This is the Summer Palace ""This is the Temple of Reincarnation."

Needless to say, the Guge ruins are listed in many travel notes and travel guides.Niqiong seemed to have something to do, so he took us for a quick walk, and then tried his best to persuade us to go to the mummy cave.That is the most worth seeing of the whole site. The mummy cave is located on a cliff six to seven hundred meters north of the ruins.I have also heard that it is evidence of the collapse of Guge's struggle for power, but some scholars say that it is just a special funeral custom or sacrificial ceremony.In this regard, Xu Zhiwu should be authoritative. I asked him whether the mummy cave should be regarded as a sacrificial ceremony or something else.But the old man pretended to be mysterious and asked me to ask Niqiong, saying that Niqiong was the real authority.

Niqiong didn't answer me directly, but first asked me again if I really saw the faceless devil.This matter has been mentioned countless times by Xu Zhiwu, and he himself mentioned it when he introduced me to Tajie just now... His question made me really speechless. "Yeah." I didn't even bother to nod my head, so I just answered it like this. After getting my affirmation again, Niqiong didn't speak any more, and led us slowly towards the mummy cave. When I saw that cave from a distance, my hair grew horrified, and so did Xu Zhiwu, who kept telling me that he felt something eerie was wrong.

Niqiong was familiar with the road, calm and composed, and did not answer us.After a while, when we were near the mummy cave, he said: "Zhiwu, Xiao Luo..." After getting to know each other, he began to call us the same as Raba. "Don't think about it. Where there is any gloomy feeling, it's just scaring yourself. If there are ghosts, how can we live here for more than a hundred years in safety." "That's not necessarily true. I've seen corpses crawling out of coffins, as well as zombies, killing people without blinking..." I said. "The corpse crawled out of the coffin?" Niqiong asked in amazement, "Are they all wearing Qing soldiers' costumes?" When he asked, I felt even more strange: "How do you know?" Niqiong typed "haha", perfunctorily saying that he guessed randomly. I immediately realized that he was originally a descendant of Shengtai's old department, so he must have known about Shengtai's arrangements for zombies, Qing soldiers' corpses, and burial chambers.Since he didn't want people to know about it, I just pretended to be stupid and stopped asking.It's a pity that Xu Zhiwu's grandfather searched so many places in Tibet and spent so much effort trying to find Shengtai's old ministry, but unexpectedly they had thirteen guards here. "Hey..." I couldn't help but feel a little emotional, it's a trick of good fortune. When we got to the mummy cave, Niqiong asked us, "Do you dare to go into the cave?" Xu Zhiwu and I looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.There are layers upon layers of corpses in that hole! "Haha..." Niqiong smiled smugly, "I went in before. And I looked through the hole carefully." I was dumbfounded. I didn't expect Niqiong to be so courageous. What's more, why did he go to this mummy hole if he had nothing to do? "Let's go, go in." Niqiong smiled "haha" again, and took the lead to walk into the cave.Ever since I saw zombies, I have become numb. Although there was a stinky smell coming out of the cave, I still didn't change my face, and walked in behind Niqiong. After that, the three of them filed in. As expected, the cave was full of corpses, and the bones and flesh were laid on the ground in thick layers, and when stepped on, they sank down softly and slightly elastically, giving off an indescribable sense of fear.When I thought that what I was stepping on was once a living person, I felt scared. I was afraid that if I was not careful, the arms, thighs or heads I was stepping on were like those zombies, and they would suddenly grow from layers of dead bones and decayed flesh. Stretch out with a "wow". The smell in the cave made people very uncomfortable, and with the things we were stepping on, Xu Zhiwu and I were both trembling, we followed Niqiong to the depths of the cave without even daring to breathe. The hole was very deep, and the ground was densely covered with dead bodies. The more one walked in, the more frightening one felt, as if countless furry bugs were crawling on the back, feeling uncomfortable, frightened and disgusting. Xu Zhiwu's face was pale, presumably because he was very frightened.I guess I'm not much better. Although I have experienced so many scary things before, but... I have never walked on layers of soft and weathered human flesh and bones. Niqiong walked forward very easily as if he was walking on the Sunshine Avenue, and looked back from time to time to see if we were keeping up. If we were walking slowly, he would stop and wait for us to catch up before moving on.