After returning to Urumqi from Lop Nur, Yuan Sen immersed himself in the weird E-mail from the eccentric Professor Yang Jian. The mystery of the underground female corpse in the Flaming Mountain has been solved. The beautiful civilization under the Flaming Mountain is a tribe of Serbs who fled north. , the key to all the mysteries is the pair of weird iron boxes.The iron box caused the ancient country of Loulan to be buried in the sand sea more than a thousand years ago, and turned an ordinary Serb tribe into a mysterious legend of the Flame Mountain. Now the whereabouts of the iron box are connected with the equally mysterious Professor Yang Jian , Where did the professor go with the iron box?

Yuan Sen was worried about the safety of Professor Yang Jian, but he had to start questioning his real identity.All the clues he knew proved that Professor Yang Jian was too complicated, and this kind of complexity was completely beyond his imagination. I believe that people who have been in contact with these bizarre events will have such doubts. Yuan Sen is about to graduate, his studies have already ended, and he has nothing important to do. During this time, he has been wandering around the city with Bahargul.He came and went to the Erdaoqiao Bazaar dozens of times, and got acquainted with some jade and antique sellers in the Bazaar.He chatted with the peddlers by tossing jade objects, and briefly told them about his bizarre experience in Lop Nur. Among those peddlers, there were countless mediocre businessmen, and they only regarded Yuan Sen as a scammer. Yuan Sen became cautious.

Yuan Sen tossed and tossed for a while, but got nothing, so he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.Fortunately, Bahar Guli was by his side, and he would tell a joke from time to time to relieve the boredom. This little junior sister was also pretty and refined, so the boredom in my heart was often teased away by the little junior sister. It's autumn and the weather is getting cooler.On this day, Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli were eating tiaozi in a halal restaurant. When they left the restaurant, the wind was blowing outside and it was cool on their bodies. Yuan Sen tightened his coat.Suddenly, a young man with thick eyebrows and deep eyes walked past them quickly, and Bahar Gul screamed: "My bag—to catch the thief—"

Yuan Sen ran after him, but the thief hid the purse in his jacket and ran away quickly.With agility, he darted east and west in the crowd, and slipped out of a certain distance in a short while. Yuan Sen was furious and stared at the thief closely. The two of them ran for four or five streets one after the other, and went around a small alley behind a mosque. The thief stopped suddenly.He faced Yuan Sen and threw the bag over: "Here—I don't want your things—" Yuan Sen took the bag and thought to himself: "Good boy, you'll be fine once you return the things. Is there such a low-cost robbery?"

The thief saw him approaching step by step, and raised his hand at him: "Boss, our boss wants to see you." Yuan Sen was taken aback for a moment, and then he came to his senses. He suddenly became angry, thinking to himself that this kid is too vicious. He was arrested for stealing bags. A scourge must be left behind. Yuan Sen let out a "bah" and cursed: "I'm scaring people, I'll deal with you first, and then I'll deal with your boss later, and I'll take all of you social dregs into one pot." He jumped in front of the thief in three steps and two steps, and punched the thief in the face.The thief took two steps back and shouted: "Our boss is very interested in your Lop Nur story, he wants to see you, really."

The word Lop Nur hit Yuan Sen abruptly, he withdrew his fist, glared at the thief and said, "How do you know I have a story about Lop Nur?" The thief spread his hands together, made a peace gesture, and said: "I also know that you are Mr. Yuan. You have been selling your experience in Lop Nur in the bazaar, which has already attracted the attention of our boss. He thinks he is the one you need to find. In order to avoid attracting others' attention, I will pretend to be a thief and trick you to a place where no one is around, please go there, our boss is a person of identity, and I am not a thief."

The change was too fast. Yuan Sen stared suspiciously at this honest young man. His eyes were clear and he was always in a peaceful posture. He really didn't look like a thief.So Yuan Sen asked, "Where is your boss?" The young man shook his head: "Sorry, I can't say. Anyway, he is not an ordinary person. I am only responsible for taking you to see him. I can't say anything about other things." Yuan Sen thought for a while, accepted his proposal, and followed him out of the alley.At the entrance of the alley, the two met Bahar Guli who was looking around.As soon as Baharguli saw them, she rushed forward to kick the thief, but was held back by Yuan Sen.Yuan Sen briefly told her what happened in her ear, telling her to keep quiet and follow along.

They followed the young man around, passed through many messy houses, entered a residential area behind the bazaar, and stopped in front of an ordinary four-story building.The young man knocked on the door, and a Han girl opened the door. The young man nodded to her and let them in. This is an extremely old and ordinary residential house, with gorgeous "almond wood" patterned wallpaper on the walls and carpets all the way up the stairs.From the exquisite pattern of the carpet, it can be seen that this ordinary residence is not ordinary. This kind of luxurious carpet is not affordable for ordinary people.

The young man entered a room on the first floor without looking back.The Han girl took Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli up to the third floor.A corridor extends from the stairs on the third floor. There is a half-open door in the deepest part of the corridor. The girl pointed to the door and said, "Our boss is waiting for you in that room, go in." After she finished speaking, she ignored the two of them and went downstairs. Baharguli watched the girl go downstairs and said, "Senior brother, what should we do?" Yuan Sen patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, we haven't seen any troubles, and mere ruffians are no match for your brother."

Bahargul smiled, walked over and knocked on the door, and a voice like dead wood came from behind the door: "Come in—" Baharguli pushed open the door, the room was very dark, and a vague figure could be seen. Yuan Sen stood behind Baharguli and said to the people inside: "Who are you?" The light in the room was turned on, and there was a gorgeous carpet inside. In the center of the room was a thin old man sitting in a wheelchair. His beard was gray and his eyes were cloudy, but the light in his eyes was surprisingly sharp, as if looking at you Will be able to gain insight into the secrets of your heart.

Yuan Sen stared at the old man, and the old man also looked at Yuan Sen, and then he whispered, "My name is Kurtu." "What do you want us to do?" Kurtu pondered for a moment and said, "I am the person you are looking for. If not, what are you doing selling the mysterious experience of Lop Nur in the Grand Bazaar?" Yuan Sen's heart moved, and he said, "Do you know that those experiences are true?" Kurtu stroked his white beard: "The beauty of Turpan, the queen of Loulan, the ancient city buried in Robusa, the missing great scientist, these stories are all very interesting." Every word the old man uttered touched Yuan Sen's heart.Except for those who participated in the operation, he could almost believe that no one else would know about these things, unless the people involved in the operation leaked the secret.If so, the old man's background is very suspicious. He came to the Grand Bazaar to sell his experience in the first place, in order to attract those who knew the general clues, so as to understand some local legends and the like, but he did not expect Kurtu to know so clearly. Yuan Sendao: "Tell me, who are you? Where did you know these things?" Kurtu swallowed, looked at Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli, pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down, let's talk slowly." After that, he fell into deep thought. Yuan Sen and Baharguli sat down on the luxurious sofa. The old man Kurtu said: "After the ancient Loulan country was destroyed by the plague, some people migrated to Nazhi, and some stayed in the country. Near Lop Nur were the later Lop people. The descendants of Loulan lived with the dream of surviving and exploring the cause of the country’s destruction. They reproduced from generation to generation, but they have never found the root of the plague.” "Two iron boxes, you should know about them?" Kurtu nodded: "Of course, they have always wanted to know where the iron box came from and what kind of devil is hidden in the box, but they have never been able to find it." "Nazhi ancient city?" Yuan Sen was searching for information about this ancient city in his heart. Kurtu said: "The ancient city of Nazhi is now called Lafchoke, in Hami Yiwu, it is an ancient city with a history of more than a thousand years." Yuan Sen is no stranger to Yiwu. At the beginning of the founding of New China, the bandit leader Yao Lebosi rebelled and captured Yiwu, attempting to use Yiwu County as the base camp of the rebel army.Hu Qingshan, the battalion commander of the People's Liberation Army, led his troops to defend the county seat for more than 40 days, repelling the rebels many times, and waited for the support of large troops.Because of this incident, Yiwu became famous all over the country. Kurtu said: "After Loulan destroyed the country, the Loulan people who migrated to the government have never given up looking for the cause of the plague. That is where the two iron boxes came from. They later found some clues." "What clue?" The good news came so suddenly that Yuan Sen couldn't accept it all at once, and his heart was beating wildly.The clues of the iron box are the root of all these puzzles. The old man Kurtu glanced at Yuan Sen and Baharguli, and suddenly grinned, his withered skin and flesh piled up into a heap, which was very ugly.The old man said: "I know, clues are very important to you, how can such important things be taken away so easily?" Yuan Sen sneered: "What conditions do you want?" The old man Kurtu pointed to his legs under the blanket, and said: "A few months ago, these legs were still in good condition. Although the old man is not young, he can still walk like flying. Now he is like this. After being shot twice, The kneecap was smashed, and I couldn't stand up in the future." Yuan Sen's expression was still cold: "Then what do you want me to do?" The old man Kurtu said: "The old man lost two legs just because of that clue, otherwise, I'd better be my boss and lead the brothers to call the wind and rain in the Erdaoqiao antique market. For that thing, the old man lost two legs. I don't regret a single leg." Hearing what he said, Yuan Sen gradually had a plan in his mind. The old boy couldn't get anything by himself, and he probably wanted him to do it.Seeing that the old boy's influence is not small, he has fallen like this, this matter must not be easy. The old man Kurtu said: "There are not many people who know about the ancient city buried in sand. You have been wandering around Erdao Bridge these days, and you have been spotted by my people, and my people have also found out about your background. Chu. If you have an official background, it will be much easier to get that thing. As long as you get that thing, the secret of the iron box will naturally be solved. At that time, I only want that thing, old man, and the clues will be yours." After listening to the old man Kurtu, Yuan Sen said coldly: "After talking for a long time, you don't know the clues, just want to use me to help you win the treasure. How can there be such a cheap deal in the world?" The old man Kurtu twisted his beard with an inscrutable look: "Young man, things are not as simple as you think. Without my help, you can't find that thing; even if you find it, you can't get it; Even if you get it, you don’t know how to use it to find clues. You can’t do these things without me, Kurtu. I know much more about those two iron boxes than you.” These words touched Yuan Sen's heart. After returning from Lop Nur, he was indeed in a desperate situation, and all clues were cut off.The inexplicable letter written by Professor Yang Jian turned the clues from a mess into a spider web intertwined everywhere, and the chaos became more and more chaos.The appearance of the old man Kurtu undoubtedly lit a lamp for him in his darkest time. Although the authenticity of what Kurtu said has yet to be verified, judging from the content of the conversation, he does know a lot of secrets, which undoubtedly makes his statement credible. The old man Kurtu stared into Yuan Sen's eyes, and Yuan Sen seemed to see the light in his cloudy eyes for a moment, the eyes were so sharp, so confident, and so unpredictable.He seemed to want to tell the other party his mystery and strength with his eyes, and if he gave up on him, the other party would definitely regret it. After Yuan Sen looked at the old man Kurtu for a while, he finally made up his mind to cooperate with this strange man who he had only met once. He couldn't describe the reason for this, but he was so sure in his heart. Yuan Sen stood up and said to the old man Kurtu: "You know my details very well. As a partner, I think you need to tell me your identity." The old man Kurtu grinned: "I used to be Batur, and later I wandered around Ashan and Zhenxi, and got countless treasures in my hands. The treasures we will work together to seize are invaluable, and will shock the world, surpassing me. The sum of all the treasures I have seen in my life." Yuan Sen nodded and said, "Where did our cooperation start?" The old man Kurtu said: "I will send someone to contact you in a short time and tell you the details of the cooperation method. Just wait for my good news." After finishing speaking, the old man Kurtu closed his eyelids, his passionate face was suddenly full of fatigue, and there was a slight snoring sound from his nose. Bahargul handed him a weird look, expressing his incomprehension.Yuan Sen winked at Bahar Guli, and the two left the room.The door of the room closed slowly behind the two, with a creaking sound from the door hinge. At the top of the stairs, a Han girl is waiting there.She led them downstairs, but the young man had long since disappeared. The Han girl sent them to the door of the small building, said goodbye politely, and then turned and entered the house. Bahar Guli said: "Senior brother, why did you agree to cooperate with him? This person looks so strange that it is worthless to believe it. Even if he knows the beauty and the ancient city buried in sand, it doesn't mean that we will be killed by them." use." Yuan Sen patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't you want to see the professor?" Bahargul's eyes turned red and he was speechless. Yuan Sen said: "To find the professor, to find the truth of everything, he is the only clue, understand?" In the following days, Yuan Sen and Bahargul stayed in SMU, commuting between the dormitory and the library.Now that he knew that there was a clue, the only thing he could do was to wait.He believed that the old man Kurtu would definitely come to him, and from that momentary look in his eyes, he believed it.Kurtu is definitely not a simple person. During this time, Yuan Sen and Bahargul collected a lot of information about the ancient city of Nazhi and Yiwu, and they also made a lot of notes based on time clues. According to their analysis, there are indeed documents recording that after Loulan destroyed the country, some Loulan people fled to the ancient city of Yiwu.Nazhi was originally the name of a city in the ancient country of Loulan. Loulan people missed their homeland, so they used the name of Nazhi to their newly built ancient city. They multiplied and lived in the ancient city, and they are the purest descendants of Loulan people. Later, the ancient city of Nazhi was annexed by Gaochang State, and the population of the ancient city increased, and it was no longer possible to accommodate more people, so a new city was built nearby. The ancient city of Nazhi now refers to two ancient cities.But the ancient city of Nazhi, which was actually built by the Loulan people, is the dilapidated old city. Yuan Sen stayed at Xinda University for a week.On a Sunday afternoon, Yuan Sen was about to go back to the dormitory for a rest. When he left the library, a young man dressed in ordinary clothes who looked like a student suddenly blocked his way.He told Yuan Sen that Kurtu boss sent him here. The young man called himself Song Qing and was Kurtu's apprentice.He took Yuan Sen to a very remote classroom. The front and back doors of that classroom were locked. Song Qing took out two steel needles, poked them twice in the lock, and opened the door. They entered Leaving the classroom and locking the door. The sky outside the window was gloomy, and the light in the classroom was also dim. Song Qing refused to turn on the lights.The two sat at the table by the window. Song Qing took out a stack of document bags from his schoolbag and put them on the table. Yuan Sen said with a smile: "If you don't know your real identity, you really look like an ordinary student." Song Qing also smiled, and said: "I graduated from Xinda University with a master's degree two years ago, and my major was geological exploration. If I hadn't met Boss Kurtu, I think I would have joined an oil company or a government department." Yuan Sen was taken aback, and said, "No wonder you are so familiar with Xinda University. You are an alumnus, or a brother. But, you have such a good education, how could you do that kind of thing with Kurtu?" Song Qing curled her lips and said: "When I was getting my degree certificate, I was waiting for interview notices from several big companies. On the day Boss Kurtu persuaded me to join them, I received an invitation from a very well-known research institute in China. The entry notice, but I finally chose Boss Kurtu." "why?" Song Qing glanced at the information bag on the table, and said: "Because of them. Boss Kurtu was collecting information about it a long time ago. When he first came into contact with me, I thought he was crazy. My dignified new boss Master graduates, why would you do those shady things with him? Until he gave me the materials to read, I read half of them, and decided to follow him, even if he gave me a very low salary, I must follow He got it done." Yuan Sen's eyes fell on the stack of kraft paper bags, and he became more and more curious. What kind of magical power does these materials have, which can lead a promising master's degree into a bandit gang, and he is willing to give up for it regardless of reward? Song Qing opened the top paper bag, took out a stack of A4 printing paper and handed it to Yuan Sen.Yuan Sen saw that the top piece of paper was a sketch of an animal, and after looking carefully, he was sure that the animal was a sheep.It is a pouring sheep. It looks small and unique. Its body has a strong sense of line. It has two long and curved horns. It has sharp eyes. It stands on a stone slab with four feet. stand up. Yuan Sen immediately outlined the image of the one-eyed green sheep in Yuan Sen's mind, that sheep like a nightmare, it has appeared in many places.Until now, he is still not sure what the sheep is, why it exists, why it disappeared, and whether it really existed. This sheep is obviously completely different from the weird one-eyed green sheep. Although it looks unique, it is still normal.There is only one point of information conveyed by the whole picture. The workmanship of this sheep is extremely exquisite, and it is almost lifelike. Yuan Sen raised his head after reading the picture. Song Qing obviously understood his doubts, and said, "This picture is very ordinary, but it is the core of the whole thing. You have to look down for its weirdness." On the second piece of paper is a person's oral record, which reads: In June of ××××, I stood on a mountain near the outskirts of Yiwu County, where a group of ancient tombs was excavated. Our archaeological team entered the excavation site as the only participating unit.On the first day, teammates discovered cultural relics, including pottery pots and other bronzes covered with patterns.On the third day, I unearthed a bronze ibex in a gorgeous tomb. The surface of the sheep was almost undamaged. I was amazed by how perfectly preserved the artifacts were. This bronze ibex is the most important cultural relic obtained in this protective excavation, and the captain asked me to keep it.After analysis and judgment, this tomb is closely related to the Siba culture of the Hexi Corridor.By the time the excavation came to a close, we had unearthed more than a hundred complete tombs.There are countless sarcophagus tombs and stone tombs. The superiors named this ancient tomb group Baiqier ancient tomb group. The protective excavation work has lasted for more than a month. During this more than a month, comrades from the county party committee and I have been working on the protection and restoration of cultural relics.Although the work is boring, I love it and I have a lot of fun doing it.After excavating such a large group of ancient tombs, the county party committee sent an armed police force to stand near the cemetery for protection.I am the person in charge of the Cultural Relics Protection Group.The cleaning of cultural relics will be completed within a week, at that time, these cultural relics will be transported to the Urumqi Museum for preservation.But one night, I suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with the bronze ibex. During the period of keeping the bronze ibex, the cultural relics protection team had several accidents one after another. At first we thought these were just accidents, but when these things were connected, I felt something was wrong.And these obvious accidents may all stem from the bronze ibex, which killed six of our outstanding team members in a few days. When I found this out, my back broke out in a cold sweat. I knew that something was completely beyond my comprehension, and I was terrified. I even felt that I knew about them before they died, and I expected that they would die at a certain time and space in the future, but I couldn't stop them.I know that this bronze ibex gave me the ability, and the tragic death of my teammates is also due to it, but I can't do anything about it. Yuan Sen turned a page, and the next few pages were all about the weirdness of the bronze ibex described by that person, and a series of unimaginable things caused by it. Behind it is the close-up of the bronze ibex from different angles and the analysis of the cross-section. There are many data marked on it. Yuan Sen couldn't understand it for a while, so he simply turned over. After reading a stack of materials, Song Qing handed over another stack.These materials are all architectural cross-sections, with explanations of tunnels, waterways, houses, etc., and the architectural details are very detailed. He raised his head, looked at Song Qing, and said, "Do you want to get that bronze ibex?" "right." "The old man Kurtu asked me to cooperate because he wanted me to use the official power to get the bronze ibex?" Song Qing nodded, and said: "In order to get this bronze ibex, we have spent a lot of energy in the past few years and lost countless elites. Now I am sure that you are the most suitable person to get it." Yuan Sen threw the information on the table and said disdainfully: "Only based on these, I really can't judge the value of the bronze sheep. Although I have many strange experiences, I will not take risks for worthless things." Song Qing smiled wryly and said, "Junior Brother, you deliberately want to reveal all my old background. Well, I will tell you everything I know, and I hope you will be interested. According to research, the origin of the bronze ibex is similar to that of Diluo Kingdom. Related. Diluo civilization starts from Shandan in the east, and ends in Anxi and Hami in the west. The civilization line stretches for thousands of kilometers. There is almost no record in the literature. In modern times, many ancient tombs of the Diluo civilization were unearthed in Hami and Shandan. After a series of scientific and technological analysis, modern people have a certain understanding of the Diluo civilization. Studies have shown that, The Diluo civilization belongs to the Bronze Age. The Diluo people have very advanced metallurgical technology and quite strict social civilization norms. Archaeologists have concluded from some inscriptions and murals that their civilization level is much higher than that of the Xia Shang civilization in the Central Plains , the technology is also more advanced. The emergence of Diluo civilization once caused a sensation in the world. Some scholars put an 'X' symbol on this civilization, called X civilization, which means mysterious, unknown, and has countless possibilities. Our The detailed information on the bronze ibex was obtained from an important member of the project’s archaeological excavation team. The boss of Kurtu spent a lot of money to buy all his information. Before parting, he said that the reason why he violated professional ethics and did not hesitate to commit crimes The reason why he sold materials to us was because he knew he was going to die within three days, and he had to do so in order to leave something for his wife and children. Three days later, one night, we got news that he was raped in the dormitory He was killed by a loose plank, and his upper bunk was an obese teammate, and he died on the spot. When Kurtu heard the news of his death, he immediately expressed that he would get the bronze ibex at all costs The bronze ibex is the most important cultural relic unearthed from Civilization X, and there are indications that its mysterious power is exactly the same as what X represents." The innate curiosity about mysterious civilizations attracted Yuan Sen at once. Song Qing could see what was going on in his heart from Yuan Sen's expression, and emphasized calmly: "Moreover, we have evidence to prove that the ancient Loulan country and land There is also an inexhaustible connection between Luo Guo X civilization. To further prove it, the only way is to get the bronze ibex first.” Listening to Song Qing's narration, Yuan Sen looked through the rest of the materials, and became more and more curious about this matter.Among them, the secret of the iron box is the key, but the intricacies of Civilization X made him itch even more, and he made up his mind. Song Qing watched Yuan Sen's expression change, smiled knowingly, and said: "The bronze ibex is currently hidden in the Baiqier Ancient Tombs Museum. There is an identical bronze ibex in the museum exhibition, but it is an imitation. The real ibex is in the underground building of the museum. The underground building has a very complete anti-theft system. We have tried many times and suffered heavy losses, so you must be careful when you go this time. Moreover, the ibex is kept secretly in the underground of the museum and has not been reported. There are also many tricky elements in the superior, you can take advantage of the official convenience, but you have to be careful." Yuan Sen nodded, Song Qing saw that Yuan Sen had finished reading the materials, and carefully put them away.Yuan Sen saw that the time was almost up, so he got up, the two shook hands and said goodbye, Song Qing put on her schoolbag, walked out of the classroom like an ordinary student of Xinda University, and slowly disappeared into the depths of the corridor.Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Yuan Sen suddenly felt uneasy.