Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Ghost Phone

Dr. Tian deviated from his usual graceful and scholarly manner, he grabbed Yuan Sen's shoulder suddenly, and shouted: "That's right, what I heard was really Yang Jian's voice, there can be no mistake, it's Yang Jian—" Yuan Sen's back broke out in cold sweat, and goosebumps covered his body.According to the scene described by Bahargul at the time, Professor Yang Jian slipped and fell into the abyss. The abyss was bottomless. Even if a bird fell into it, there was no way out. Professor Yang Jian must die this time, which is simply impossible. No room for doubt. "Is it related to Professor Yang Jian?"

Yuan Sen's guess was indeed correct. Dr. Tian has a well-known name both in the military and in academic circles at home and abroad. Using his resources and contacts to study this matter will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.Dr. Tian sent two captains to look for him in the middle of the night. They must have found important clues or discoveries about the Emerald Glazed Palace, otherwise it would be impossible to mobilize people like this. The warrior off-road vehicle left the urban area and drove on a provincial road with few vehicles. After 30 minutes, it got off the provincial road and entered the grassland, and rushed into a long grass.At this time, there was a vague yellow moon hanging in the sky, and a strong wind was blowing on the grassland. Against the background of the dim moonlight, the long grass turned into a swaying phantom, stretching its teeth and claws around the car window.

Captain Ma suddenly turned off the lights and turned off the car engine, Qiao Xiaoyi whispered to Yuan Sen: "Get out of the car quickly, we are being followed." Yuan Sen agreed in a low voice.The three jumped into the bushes and hid three meters away from the warrior off-road vehicle, with a distance of several meters between them. After waiting for less than ten minutes, they heard the sound of a car approaching, and there was more than one car.Yuan Sen heard a crackling sound where Qiao Xiaoyi and Captain Ma were hiding, and saw the long grass swaying towards the depths of the grass, knowing that the two of them had burrowed into the depths of the grass.He didn't think too much, and immediately lowered his body, followed the two of them and rushed in for dozens of meters.Not long after, a few gunshots were heard behind him.Another quarter of an hour later, the sound of the car starting to drive away was heard.

After Qiao Xiaoyi and Captain Ma heard the sound, they made sure that the cars had gone far away, and then climbed back in the direction they came in. Yuan Sen was forced by Qiao Xiaoyi to stay behind them. Qiao Xiaoyi climbed to the vicinity of the Warriors off-road vehicle and fired two shots. Immediately, gunshots rang out beside the vehicle. Lieutenant Ma followed the position of the gunfire to make up a few more shots. In the darkness, he heard someone fall. Captain Ma quickly jumped into the cab and started the car engine. Qiao Xiaoyi fired two shots at the back of the car as a cover. She and Yuan Sen jumped into the car at almost the same speed, and the gunshots rang out again.

Captain Ma drove the Warrior off-road vehicle back more than ten meters, turned the steering wheel, and the car rushed out of the long grass in the direction it came like an angry lion, and drove onto the provincial road.Dozens of minutes later, the car entered the grassland from another exit and went straight to the 755th division station. In the car, Qiao Xiaoyi asked Yuan Sen, "Mr. Yuan, do you know where these people came from?" Yuan Sen asked strangely, "You mean they attacked us because of me?" Qiao Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Looking at the situation, it seems that you have been monitored by them all the time. When we graduated from Xinda University, I already noticed a car following us."

In the list that appeared in Yuan Sen's mind, the first one was Lin Wan who was bound to win the Emerald Glass Palace.This woman has a complicated identity, she not only has a powerful US intelligence system as her backing, but also has recruited a group of strangers from all corners of the country, and she has an innate advantage in understanding the Emerald Glass Palace.How many secrets about Xinjiang's history she still knows, I am afraid it is beyond the imagination of Yuan Sen. That day, Yuan Sen, Bahar Guli and Lin Wan escaped death and finally found a way out from the bottom of Helan Mountain. Lin Wan and the man in leather bid farewell to Yuan Sen.When they parted, Lin Wan turned her head and left without saying a word. It seemed that she was extremely disgusted with what happened under the Helan Mountains, and she didn't want to stay any longer.

Yuan Sen knew that she would probably meet this woman in the future, because she would not give up on the investigation of the Emerald Glass Palace. Lin Wan's only belief in this life was to carry out her grandfather Dai Li's last wish and solve the mystery of the parchment scrolls in the Western Regions. How could she? give up?Yuan Sen thought that one day he would run into Lin Wan again, and it would definitely be an enemy rather than a friend, but he never imagined that Lin Wan had already placed someone beside him to watch him at any time. Could there be something hidden in it? What mystery?

Lin Wan first set her sights on Yuan Sen because of the jade bone of a spirit beast hidden in Yuan Sen's body to crack the underground golden city, but now Yuan Sen really can't think of anything useful to Lin Wan in him, so she has to spend so much money Is it a big price to send so many people staring at him?But if it wasn't Lin Wan, who would have sent these people? Yuan Sen quickly ran through the stakes in his mind, but couldn't think of a reason, so he could only shake his head. Qiao Xiaoyi frowned and looked at Yuan Sen, but didn't speak again. The warrior off-road vehicle ran on the grassland for a while, and successfully entered the 755 special forces division headquarters.At this moment, the time was approaching midnight, and the tall buildings in the barracks were shrouded in a huge darkness. There were sporadic patrolling soldiers and dim street lights on the cement road in the middle of the buildings.Walking on the road, the dry and cold wind that is unique to the northwest hits us.

Qiao Xiaoyi led Yuan Sen into a high-rise building.From the outside, the building was pitch black, with no sign of anyone working.The two entered through the underground entrance and walked through two corridors. Lights gradually appeared in front of them, and soldiers on guard could be seen. The two took the elevator to the seventh floor. There were two rows of closed rooms in the corridor on the seventh floor. The door of the room was marked with a number. There were no windows, and there was no trace of light shining through.Emergency lights were on at both ends of the corridor. Qiao Xiaoyi counted the number, walked to a room in the middle, and knocked on the door.

The door was opened, and a young face appeared inside. The young soldier turned his head and said, "Doctor, Captain Joe is back—" Qiao Xiaoyi led Yuan Sen into the room, gave a military salute to Dr. Tian who was looking through the materials, and said, "Qiao Xiaoyi successfully brought Mr. Yuan here!" Dr. Tian turned around, nodded at Yuan Sen and said, "Come here, sit here." Yuan Sen agreed and sat down at the round conference table. Qiao Xiaoyi and the young soldier retreated and closed the door. Dr. Tian closed the folder and said, "Xiao Yuan, I heard Xiao Ma called, saying that you were being followed on the way?"

Yuan Sen said: "Looking at the situation, I have been under surveillance all the time. Based on my experience, I didn't find them." Dr. Tian pondered for a while and said, "Can you filter out a list? I'll have someone check it out." Yuan Sen said: "There are people who are suspicious, but I really can't find a reason for her to spy on me." Dr. Tian wondered, "Are you talking about Dai Li's American-born granddaughter, Lin Wan?" Yuan Sen nodded and did not speak again. Dr. Tian patted the information on his hands, and said: "If it's really Lin Wan, she may think that you still have value in deciphering the secrets of the Emerald Glass Palace." Yuan Sen shook his head and said, "Before going to Helan Mountain, Lin Wan approached me several times in an attempt to decipher the spirit beast jade bone in the underground golden city. Later, at the bottom of Helan Mountain, the spirit beast jade bone was taken away by a mysterious person. She did not The reason is still holding on to me!" Dr. Tian nodded and said: "After Xiao Ma came back and informed me of what happened on the road, I have arranged for the investigation team to check the scene of the shootout. We will talk about this matter after we find any clues. I will come to you today. It's because of something big." Yuan Sen had already thought about it for a long time when he came here. He guessed that Dr. Tian must have obtained new clues in Beijing, so he came to him overnight, which shows that the matter is extremely important.Yuan Sen is not a person who can't hide his emotions, not to mention the purpose of this trip, he has already guessed seven or eight points, but under Dr. Tian's repeated stimulation, his heart still hangs uneasy. Dr. Tian frowned with long gray eyebrows, looked at the white wall for a while, and then slowly said: "At that time, I was attending a meeting hosted by a senior leader in Beijing. During the break of the meeting, I suddenly received a call." "Whose phone?" Dr. Tian took a deep breath and turned his head. Yuan Sen saw a kind of magnified horror in his eyes, and his slow tone made Yuan Sen sweat coldly on his back: "The person on the phone is Yang Jian— —” "what?" Dr. Tian deviated from his usual graceful and scholarly manner, he grabbed Yuan Sen's shoulder suddenly, and shouted: "That's right, what I heard was really Yang Jian's voice, there can be no mistake, it's Yang Jian—" Yuan Sen's back broke out in cold sweat, and goosebumps covered his body.According to the scene described by Bahargul at the time, Professor Yang Jian slipped and fell into the abyss. The abyss was bottomless. Even if a bird fell into it, there was no way out. Professor Yang Jian must die this time, which is simply impossible. No room for doubt. Dr. Tian's hand holding Yuan Sen's shoulder sank deep into his flesh, and his whole body trembled. He forced himself to calm down, and every word he said seemed to use up all his strength: "Xiao Yuan, don't question whether I Misunderstanding, I guarantee with my reputation that it must be Yang Jian talking to me on the phone, not a recording, nor any other artificial voice. Yang Jian is using an old-fashioned telephone, and he is talking to me At that time, the phone made a 'squeak' electric sound, just like the old phone used in the 1960s and 1970s. Young people, our generation is very impressed with that old phone, and you can't hear it wrong." After listening to Dr. Tian's words, Yuan Sen tried to suppress the fear in his heart, and said, "Doctor, what did Professor Yang tell you on the phone? Did he say where he is now?" When talking about "people", Yuan Sen emphasized his tone, and the image with a dark background appeared in his mind again.At this moment, his mind is like a chain that has not been filled with oil and will get stuck from time to time. He wants to think calmly and carefully, but it will always stop at a critical place, unable to move forward. Dr. Tian paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "The noise of the telephone is very loud, and the signal is also very bad. I only heard him say, "Old Tian, ​​I am Yang Jian, and I am in a very scary situation right now." place, it’s dark here, there’s nothing, come and save me, you come and save me—” After hearing Dr. Tian's words, Yuan Sen suddenly had a strange thought in his heart, and said, "Doctor, I have an idea that I would like to share. I think that after Professor Yang fell off the cliff, he did not die because of some coincidence. He is very sad now. It is possible that he is trapped in the deep mountains of Helan, and there is no way to find a way out, and he is waiting for us to rescue him." But then another question came to his mind. If Professor Yang Jian was in the deep valley at the bottom of Helan Mountain, where would he get a telephone to call Dr. Tian? Dr. Tian said: "The call was disconnected within two minutes, and the caller's number was not displayed. After hanging up, I couldn't even find the call record. I was so scared that I was in a cold sweat. The call came and went without a trace. I even wondered, did I really receive Yang Jian's call from hell?" Yuan Sen said: "Have you retrieved the signal transmission records of the communication department? Could it be that the signal transmission records are also blank?" Dr. Tian said: "The first thing I did when I woke up was to arrange for the comrades in the security department to retrieve the call records and check the data. My mobile phone did have a signal interaction record in those two minutes, and that signal came from the Turpan area of ​​Xinjiang. , but cannot locate a more precise location." Yuan Sen's heart sank suddenly, and he couldn't help but said, "How could this happen? Even if it's a call from hell, it can only be Helan in Ningxia. How could it go to Turpan?" Dr. Tian took his hands away from Yuan Sen and sighed: "When I was young, I was a student of Teacher Yang. I traveled all over the world with him, explored archaeological tombs, and experienced countless strange things. This is the only thing that confuses me. Solution. If Yang Jian is dead, but the two-minute phone call is so real, it is really hard to believe that he is not alive." Yuan Sen thought for a while and said, "Doctor, the communication equipment should all be added to the telecommunications network. Since we can find out where the signal is coming from, it should be easy to find out the exact location of the phone. Is there a loophole in the inspection by the security department? " Dr. Tian shook his head and said: "I also had your question at the beginning. After the comrades in the security department retrieved the communication records, the data they obtained was limited. They communicated with the local telecommunications department. The reply from the telecommunications department was that the local military or security facilities There are nodes that are secretly connected to the local telecommunications network, and there are historical reasons in the middle. Some nodes are so complicated that it is impossible to give accurate data. So as soon as I came back, I arranged for a communication team to go to Turpan to investigate the specifics of the signal. The source, I believe there will be results in the near future, when the time comes—” Of course, Yuan Sen understood what Dr. Tian meant. Once the location of the phone was confirmed, the caller could be identified. Thinking of this, his heart sank.Because the person involved is really important to him. Dr. Tian sighed, and after a long silence, he said, "I am really ashamed of my teacher. I didn't bring Teacher Yang back in the Altai Mountains. Now it is because of me that Yang Jian died tragically. If you don't take this After thoroughly investigating the matter, I will go underground to see the teacher in the future, and I will face it shamelessly." Of course Yuan Sen knew that Professor Yang Jian's death had nothing to do with Dr. Tian, ​​but for a while, he didn't know how to comfort the sad old man. The two were silent for a while, Yuan Sen said: "Doctor, when will the investigation results of the communication team be transmitted?" Dr. Tian said: "On the day I received Yang Jian's call, I had arranged for the Special Forces Division to send a detachment. I returned to the army today and sent another detachment to assist the first detachment. The investigation results will be available tomorrow at the earliest. If it is late, it will be within three to five days." Yuan Sen said: "Doctor, it is already midnight, I think you should rest early, after all, your health is critical, I will stay in the army for the next few days and wait for the results of the investigation." Dr. Tian patted Yuan Sen on the shoulder and said, "The things in front of me really make me unable to calm down. I want to find clues as soon as possible to know about Yang Jian's situation. If he is really not dead, then I will delay it for a second. Wouldn't it be possible for him to die in just one more second." After hearing Dr. Tian's words, Yuan Sen couldn't say anything.At this time, the young soldier who opened the door for Yuan Sen and Qiao Xiaoyi brought in a stack of materials and said, "Doctor, these are all the materials of Wu Nu Cult retrieved from the archives." Yuan Sen was startled. He stared at the young soldier and Dr. Tian for a long time, and thought to himself, "How could such a coincidence happen? Dr. Tian is also studying Wunu Cult?" Seeing Yuan Sen's strange eyes, Dr. Tian said, "Xiao Yuan, do you also know Wunu Cult?" Yuan Sen nodded and said, "I just saw this religion mentioned in a book in the advanced reference room of the Xinda Library. It is said that it is a branch of Shamanism, and its activities are in the Turpan area." Dr. Tian frowned, and said: "This is strange, as far as I know, Wunu religion has never been recorded in any classics, and the information we can collect is limited to some manuscripts of the ancients. It is impossible for us to not have the materials treasured in our library.” After Dr. Tian said this, Yuan Sen felt that there was indeed a problem with this matter. The ability of the 755 Special Forces to collect data is unquestionable, and there is no need to doubt how great Dr. Tian's ability is. The "Secrets of Religion in the Western Regions" on him, whose author is unknown, seems to be even more difficult. . Yuan Sen took out the "Secrets of Religion in the Western Regions" from his pocket, handed it to Dr. Tian, ​​and said, "This is the book, the introduction of Wunu religion occupies a very limited space in the whole book, only a little Mentioned it." Dr. Tian took the book and carefully read the chapter about Wunu religion.Yuan Sen stared at his face and looked at his expression. Although he was surprised, it was not strong. Obviously, he was not surprised by the content of the book, but was surprised by the existence of such a book recording Wunu religion. After Dr. Tian finished reading it, he took the book to a place with brighter light and took a closer look. He also read the contents of the chapter of Wu Nujiao page by page, as if he found something strange.The book had been stored for too long, and when it was read under the light, the dust in the book was flying around in the bright light. Yuan Sen couldn't help itching his nose, and sneezed twice on his back. After Dr. Tian read them one by one, he called the technical department.In less than five minutes, two technicians knocked on the door and came in. Dr. Tian carefully wrapped up "Secrets of Religion in the Western Regions" in a newspaper, handed it to the older one, and said, "Compare this book with the For all the fingerprints that appear, there must be detailed information on each person in the comparison report, and we will do it immediately." The two technicians saluted Dr. Tian and carefully exited the office. Yuan Sen asked: "Doctor, this book is stored in the reference room of the Xinda Library. There are many people reading and borrowing it. The effect of comparing fingerprints should not be particularly obvious, right?" Dr. Tian shook his head and said: "Xiao Yuan, I took a closer look just now. The pages of this book are full of dust. If you read it carefully, you will find that the chapters about Wunujiao have the most fingerprints, and the other chapters are full of dust. There are very few, or even none. That is to say, people who read this book are all for Wu Nu Cult, and from this point of view, the articles in this book are big." Yuan Sen felt that there seemed to be some kind of connection between the description of Wu Nu Cult in the book and the secrets under Helan Mountain.After death, Wunu believers need to take off all their clothes and cut their faces before performing sky burials. The problem lies in cutting their faces.This point is very similar to the secrets in the underground golden city of Helan Mountain.The cave murals say that if you want to enter the Emerald Glass Palace, you must surrender your face to the strange man in the seven-color feather coat.Although these two sayings have different forms, they both emphasize the need to cut off the face.Cutting off a human face is a very terrifying and bloody thing. Ordinary people feel horrible just thinking about it, but whether it is the Wunu religion or the murals in the underground golden city, they all regard this cruel thing as an extremely noble ceremony. This is really incomprehensible. Dr. Tian said: "There are very few fingerprints in other chapters of the book, but there are many fingerprints in the chapter of Wu Nu Cult. This can at least explain a few problems: first, people who read this book know Wu Nu Cult in advance; Second, they know that there is such a book in Xinda University, and they can quickly find the chapter of Wunujiao by looking at the table of contents; thirdly, there are things that are important to them in this chapter. We collect Wunujiao It is because it was discovered that the religion is related to a mysterious event, if not for this matter, the Wunu religion, like other religions in the ancient Western Regions that have disappeared in history, has nothing worthy of our attention." After hearing Dr. Tian's inference, Yuan Sen said, "Doctor, you and I have read the chapter about Wu Nujiao, and there is nothing valuable in it. So many people are going to this chapter. It's really strange." Dr. Tian said: "This is also a point that confuses me. There are mysteries hidden in this book. I can only speculate further after the fingerprint comparison report comes out." Yuan Sen nodded.At this time, the phone in Dr. Tian's office rang.Dr. Tian picked up the microphone and listened for less than a minute before his face became very serious.The change in his expression quickly caught Yuan Sen's attention. Dr. Tian listened for a few more minutes. Not only did his complexion become ugly, but even his gray eyebrows were tightly wrinkled. The expression on his face was cloudy and uncertain. It was obvious that he had not received any good news. When he hung up the phone at the end, Yuan Sen heard only one sentence from Dr. Tian from the beginning to the end: "Continue to investigate the whereabouts of the cables, and we must find the source." Yuan Sen was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Have you found any clues?" Dr. Tian said: "The communication team searched according to the nodes and found a secret data exchange room in Lukeqin. This computer room was established in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Its main function is to switch telephone lines for various outposts and secret agencies. The first data transfer node of Yang Jian's phone has been confirmed to be Lu Keqin's secret computer room. Because that computer room is secret, many data exchange nodes involve military secrets, and the communication team took a lot of effort to find out. Two of the communication lines are very suspicious. The two communication teams each checked a line. It was the call from the first team just now. They followed the line into the middle of the Flame Mountain. They lost their clues in a valley, but they found A huge corpse pit." "The corpse pit?" Dr. Tian said: "Yes, according to the team leader, this valley is quite hidden, and there is no record on their satellite map. The corpse pit is tens of meters long and about five or six meters wide. The skull inside is like a mountain, and the scene is quite scary. .” Yuan Sen thought to himself, the secret valley in the middle of the Flame Mountain, the bizarre corpse pit, and the ghostly phone call, the connection of these three will make people break out in a cold sweat unknowingly.Yuan Sen said: "You mean, regardless of this corpse pit, we must first find the source of the line?" Dr. Tian nodded and said: "The most important thing now is to find out the location of Yang Jian. He asked for help strangely, and there may not be no reason. We have to abandon all speculation and find out where he is first. This is the most important thing. The middle area of ​​the Flame Mountain There have always been few activities. We can't find out which dynasty left this corpse pit for a while, and I will arrange people to investigate later." Then, Dr. Tian made a few more phone calls, explained some situations, and at the same time sent teams belonging to other departments to cooperate with the communication team to complete the task. After arranging everything, Dr. Tian walked around the office, opened the tightly closed curtains, looked at the vast night sky outside, and sighed involuntarily. Yuan Sen comforted him and said, "Doctor, since the existence of the telephone line can be found out, this mysterious call will eventually be found out, and the situation of Professor Yang Jian will follow." Dr. Tian turned his head and looked at Yuan Sen, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated. Yuan Sen could see Dr. Tian's thoughts, but it was not easy to interrupt his train of thought. After a few minutes of silence in the office, Dr. Tian said, "Xiao Yuan, do you know the land of Xinjiang?" Yuan Sen didn't know what he wanted to say, so he had to say: "Xinjiang alone accounts for one-sixth of China's land area. Its history origin, ethnic change, religious change, and other things are extremely complicated. What I have learned Knowledge, it is impossible to talk about how much you know about Xinjiang.” Dr. Tian nodded, and said: "Speaking of which, although my life is different from that of Dai Li's descendants in form, it is all about cracking the Western Regions parchment left by Zhang Qian. I have followed my father's instruction since I was young. , and vowed to do everything possible to solve the mystery of the Western Regions sheepskin scrolls. I have lived in Xinjiang for so many years, and later presided over the work of the army. I came into contact with more and more secrets, and only then did I truly understand the magical nature of this land in Xinjiang. It really can’t be described in words. Many things, if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, it’s hard to imagine its magic and magnificence. Even if I, an old man, spend all my energy on Xinjiang, I dare not say it. Know a lot, otherwise the mystery of the parchments would have been solved long ago.” Yuan Sendao: "You just mentioned that you noticed the Wunu Cult because of a mysterious incident. What exactly is it?" Dr. Tian said: "I came to you in such a hurry today. The first thing is because I received a mysterious call from Yang Jian, and the second thing is because of this." He then dialed another internal number After a while, the young soldier pushed the door open and came in, holding a large information bag in his hand. The young soldier smiled at Yuan Sen as a greeting, and then got busy in the office.First, the curtain of a projector curtain hanging on the wall was lifted to reveal a curtain, then the projector was set up, connected to the computer, and finally the seal of the information bag was torn off, a CD was taken out and inserted into the computer, and the office was closed. all the lights.After doing all this, the young soldier withdrew.