Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty

What is ghost ghost pu?It is a must for opening the underground golden city and the emerald glazed palace, and it is the most important piece of the three spirit beast jade bones.As far as the present is concerned, the person who knows this is considered to be dead, and the only ones alive are him and the mysterious Miss Kailin. Could it be that Professor Yang Jian has something to do with this?An ominous premonition leaped into Yuan Sen's heart. A month later, in the office of Professor Yang Jian at the Institute of Archaeology, Xinjiang University. Bahargul pushed open the door of the research room and called out, "Professor, who do you think is back?"

Professor Yang Jian nodded, raised his eyes, saw the person who pushed the door in, his hands trembled, and he froze.The person who came was nearly 1.9 meters tall, looked a little tired, and had an indescribable sense of depression in his eyes. Wasn't he the same Yuan Sen who went to Hotan for him to meet Kurban's mine manager more than a month ago? Yang Jian lost his voice: "Yuan Sen, is it you? Are you still alive?" Bahar Guli rushed to say: "Professor, I saw a man wandering around outside the institute. I walked over and saw that it was the senior brother who had been missing for a long time, so I brought him here. It's just that the senior brother seemed to be with me. It was completely different at the Tombs."

It turned out that in the Shahai ancient tomb, Bahar Guli was dragged by rattan to another cave, and there were coiled roots of flowers and trees everywhere in that cave.Baharguli was almost entangled to death by the roots. Fortunately, Yuan Sen killed the flower tree in time, and the roots of the flower tree all collapsed. At this time, Baharguli found a person in the collapsed cave. , he is the masked man. The masked man was not dead, but was seriously injured, and Bahargul dug him out from the pile of stones.She helped the masked man treat the wound, and under the leadership of the masked man, they quickly climbed up the opposite mountain. Similarly, they also went to the stone room on the mountain and saw three corpses.

When the masked man saw the words in the stone room, he felt as if he had been hit hard, and almost fell into madness. He searched almost everything in the stone room, but found nothing. The two climbed to the top of the mountain and arrived at the underground wasteland. The masked man suddenly hit him hard. If Bahargul hadn't reacted quickly and the masked man was seriously injured, Bahargul would have become his The dead under the gun. The masked man missed the blow and hid in the underground wilderness. Bahargul didn't dare to chase him. He fumbled here and there on his own, and finally found the exit and left the ancient tomb.

Yuan Sen was silent for a while, and then slowly said to Professor Yang Jian: "Professor, I want to show you something." Professor Yang Jian nodded. Based on his understanding of Yuan Sen and his years of experience in reading people, he obviously felt that something was wrong with Yuan Sen coming back this time.His eyes were deep and dark. It had been more than a month since he had seen him. This bright and flexible young man seemed to have matured a lot. Yuan Sen sat across from Professor Yang Jian, with an old desk in between. Professor Yang Jian flicked the ashtray lightly. Yuan Sen's eyes fell on the ashtray and stopped moving.

Bahar Guli pushed Yuan Sen, and reminded in a low voice: "Brother——" Only then did Yuan Sen regain his senses. He glanced at Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli, and fell into deep thought. In his mind, what happened in the deep mountains of Helan appeared again.All kinds of bizarre events and encounters that exceeded his psychological bottom line made his nerves tense. Professor Yang Jian brewed a pot of Tieguanyin for Yuan Sen. Seeing that Yuan Sen's spirit had eased up, he smiled and said, "Xiao Yuan, tell me, what did you encounter in the Taklamakan Desert?" Yuan Sen frowned. During this period of time, he narrowly escaped death in the Shahai Ancient Tomb, then crossed the Taklimakan Desert, and went deep into Helan Mountain. All kinds of bizarre experiences have tied a huge knot in his mind.He knew that relying on his own ability, even if he spent his whole life, he couldn't untie this knot. He needed support.

Yuan Sen said: "Professor, let me show you something first." He took out a plastic bag from his travel bag. There were messy and dirty dirt marks on the bag. There was a palm-sized object in the bag, which was wrapped in newspaper. Yuan Sen opened the 40-fold newspaper, and the things wrapped in the newspaper were exposed. Professor Yang Jian's pupils suddenly dilated, and he was stunned. He didn't take a sip of the authentic Anxi Tieguanyin delivered to his mouth. Wrapped in the newspaper is a palm-sized stone, which is different from ordinary stones.I saw that it was transparent all over, showing a dark yellow color, and there was a fuzzy green spot in the middle of the stone.There are thin lines like cracks around the blue spots, which spread out radially.Anyone who plays with jade knows that this is a piece of top-grade jade.

Professor Yang Jian muttered to himself: "That's right, Youming Guipu, this stone is actually Youming Guipu!" Professor Yang Jian's voice trembled with excitement.But Bahargul shivered, and she muttered in a low voice: "It's strange, isn't the air conditioner turned off? Why is it so cold on a hot day?" Professor Yang Jian waved his hand and said: "Don't be nervous, this is the yin qi emitted by the ghost ghost. But all real treasures are ancient relics buried deep underground for hundreds of thousands of years. The treasure absorbs the essence of the underground yin, and the yin qi is extremely strong. Heavy, the older the baby, the heavier the spirituality, the more Yin Qi."

Yuan Sen was very surprised to see Professor Yang Jian's performance.In the early years, because of his family background, the professor was proficient in some legendary ancient arts that have been lost in ancient times. In order to find mines and break jade, he walked in the mountains all year round, and experienced all kinds of bizarre things.Moreover, there are many bizarre things that are not recorded in official history, or even unfounded in archaeology. Professor Yang Jian can say one, two, three, and every sentence is reasonable, so Yuan Sen has always admired Professor Yang Jian.But this time, he felt a little strange.What is ghost ghost pu?It is a must for opening the underground golden city and the emerald glazed palace, and it is the most important piece of the three spirit beast jade bones.As far as the present is concerned, the person who knows this is considered to be dead, and the only ones alive are him and the mysterious Miss Kailin. Could it be that Professor Yang Jian has something to do with this?An ominous premonition leaped into Yuan Sen's heart.

Yuan Sen asked suspiciously: "Professor, how do you know about Youming Guipu?" Professor Yang Jian eased his emotions, took a sip of Tieguanyin, and said: "Speaking of ghosts and ghosts, it can be traced back to more than two thousand years ago. In the western region of the Western Regions, there is a magical land, which is located in the Kunlun Mountains. The northern foot is also located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, which is dry all year round and sparsely populated. However, it is also because of this extremely harsh environment that the geological conditions there are unique. More than two thousand years ago, there There is an ancient country called Khotan, which is called Diru Country in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". At that time, the Xiongnu ran rampant in the Western Regions, and to the west of Khotan was the Shache Kingdom. The country, without a strong army, was naturally bullied by the two sides and had a hard time surviving. Finally, at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Khotan Kingdom was destroyed by the Shache Kingdom, and a large number of Khotan people were massacred or sold into slavery. At that time, there was a descendant of a noble in Khotan, named Wu Zhe. He witnessed the ruin of the country and his family since he was a child, and vowed to drive the Shache people out of their homes and save the people of Khotan. Those who can survive as lucky as him are rare, and it is not easy to find a like-minded person. The reality is cruel, and he drinks alcohol every day to relieve boredom. One day, he suddenly heard someone talking to him in his sleep, and he saw that The man had a gray beard and a sad face, and he looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. The old man asked him, "Wu Zhe, are you a descendant of the Khotan royal family? Are you going to expel Shasha?" Is the car a long-cherished wish in this life? If so, you should quickly throw away your jug.' Wu Zhe immediately fell to the ground and cried loudly, saying that he had no ambition to restore the country, and that only one hand could not reach Shache's ten thousand swords. The old man He snorted coldly and said, "What's so difficult about this? As long as you listen to me, I guarantee that you will be restored to your country!" A peerless treasure, as long as he gets that thing, he is guaranteed to be able to call the wind and rain, and the time to restore the country is just around the corner. Hearing this, he broke out in cold sweat and was stunned. This scare woke him up, and he turned over and realized I actually slept on the grave of an ancestor of their family. I carefully recalled the scene in my dream, everything was vivid in my mind, and I couldn't help but believe it in my heart. After being ravaged by foreigners, he entrusted his dream to help him restore the country. So Wu Zhe stopped thinking about it, found a rock on the mountain, sharpened it, and went straight home. At that time, his wife was already pregnant. He was pregnant and had been pregnant for twelve months, and his body was strange and abnormal. He ran home and killed his wife who was lying on the bed to raise the baby without saying a word. When he opened his abdomen, he found a piece of jade hidden inside. The appearance of jade is dark yellow, but it is the jade skin that gathers the essence of the land. There is a gall inside, and the middle is broken. Immediately spread it to the neighbors. Wuzhe took the opportunity to spread the saying that he was instructed by the gods. In the uprising in the northwest of the original Khotan Kingdom, more than a thousand Khotanese who could not bear the ravages of Shache joined the uprising team of Wuzhe. Wuzhe was skilled in The art of war, first led the crowd to destroy the small country of Pishan in the east, and thenBased on the city of Pishan, they fought for three days and two nights with the elite Shache soldiers who came from the encirclement and suppression.The rebel army under Wuzhe's flag was a gang of mobs, and after two big battles, there were less than a hundred soldiers available.Shache invaded again, and Wu Zhe led the crowd out to fight desperately, but the whole army was wiped out, and he himself was cut down on the battlefield.Wuzhe had another dream while in a coma, the old man scolded Wuzhe for being ignorant, the peerless treasure was by his side but he didn’t know how to use it, it had killed so many people in Khotan, so he taught Wuzhe how to use jade like this Pu.Wu Zhe escaped from the battlefield in the middle of the night, found a family, and wiped out the family on the spot, sacrificed the jade with blood, and opened the altar.Those Khotanese people who died on the battlefield got up from the battlefield, chased the retreating Shache army and fought until the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dark. The brutal war did not end until the next day.The Shache army that was chasing them was completely annihilated, and the battlefield was horrific. Wu Zhe took advantage of the opportunity to counterattack and conquered the city all the way. Within a month, the Shache Kingdom was wiped out, and then Khotan was restored.And the piece of jade that Wu Zhe was able to restore the country was also named Youming Guipu. "

Professor Yang Jian said with a smile: "This is a record in the Ming Dynasty's "Words of the Western Regions". The description of Gui Pu's shape is quite objective, otherwise I wouldn't be able to recognize the stone in your hand at a glance!" Yuan Sen was very surprised when he heard Professor Yang Jian's words. It turned out that not only the old man Suan Tiandao had read "Words from the Western Regions", but even Professor Yang Jian knew about that book.However, what Professor Yang Jian said was different from the story told by Suan Tiandao. Suan Tiandao said that the Youming Guipu was one of the three pieces of jade that were dismantled from the jade bone of the spirit beast of the Gulyfia tribe, but Professor Yang Jian said that the Youming Guipu It is from the ancient country of Khotan.In terms of emotion alone, he must be inclined to Professor Yang Jian.Every sentence that Professor Yang Jian said is well-founded, but nine out of ten sentences of the old guy Suan Tiandao are false, very unreliable, and there is no comparison between the two.But what happened at the foot of Helan Mountain, especially the experience in the tomb of King Daze, made Yuan Sen believe in the way of heaven. What's going on in the middle?Who is right and who is wrong? Yuan Sen thought over and over again, and finally couldn't help but said: "Professor, have you really read the book "Words from the Western Regions"? Are you sure you read it correctly?" Professor Yang Jian nodded, he was very surprised by Yuan Sen's question.Yuan Sen continued: "Professor, I actually know that there is another person who has read the book "Surprise in the Western Regions". I didn't believe all the mysterious records in "Surprise in the Western Regions" he said, but after more than a month Come on, what I have encountered is consistent with what is recorded in "Words from the Western Regions", so I have to believe it." Yuan Sen's statement also made Professor Yang Jian very strange, and then Yuan Sen told Professor Yang Jian how he encountered Suantiandao at the third entrance, and how he went deep into Helan Mountain. And Bahar Gul were dumbfounded.They originally thought that Yuan Sen encountered an accident in the sand sea ancient tomb in the Taklimakan desert and had already been buried in the sand sea. Bahar Guli was the only one alive in the ancient tomb.Unexpectedly, not only did Yuan Sen not die, he also searched for clues in the tomb and found the mysterious tribe in Helan Mountain. After listening to Yuan Sen's narration, Professor Yang Jian was silent for a while, and then said: "Xiao Yuan, it's just right, everyone else only got half of "Surprise in the Western Regions", and only he has the most complete copy." Yes. This half of my fragmentary book came from a tomb robber. My father spent a lot of money to buy it in order to prevent the outflow of antiques during the period of the Republic of China. The treasure was later passed on to me." Yuan Sendao: "Since they are all "Words of the Western Regions", why are the descriptions of ghost ghosts in the books completely different?" Professor Yang Jian said: "The descriptions in "Words from the Western Regions" are all in the same line. If you think it is different, it is because Su Tiandao did not explain the origin of the ghosts to you clearly. In the year of the collapse, there was a huge turmoil, and this turmoil caused the ancient kingdom of Khotan, which was at its peak, to collapse rapidly. But this turmoil was due to something that Wu Zhe said before he died. Wu Zhe said, He was taught by his ancestors to obtain the Nether Ghost Pu. The ancestors not only wanted him to restore the country, but more importantly, after they succeeded in restoring the country, they used the Nether Ghost Pu to find a country of precious jade lost in a distant place. This is the place where the ancestors of Khotan originated. After returning to the country, Wu Zhe was greedy for glory and wealth, and left the warnings of his ancestors behind. The experience told the closest people around him. Wu Zhe did not expect that this dream, which was almost forgotten by him, caused great turmoil in the ancient country of Khotan, and the country's power has declined since then. Wu Zhe has no males under his knees all his life. There is only one daughter. Wuzhe's daughter listened to her father's last words and vowed to find the distant land of precious jade, but several close ministers of Wuzhe strongly opposed this decision. Wuzhe's daughter finally led her direct army out of the capital, all the way Go north and arrive at Beijiang in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains. This princess with a strong personality is called Princess Khotan, and her name is Gulyfia." Yuan Sen was startled when he heard what Professor Yang Jian said. He said that Gulyfia came from a mysterious tribe in northern Xinjiang, and the jade bones of spirit beasts were sacred objects of their tribe.This statement is half-truth and half-false, and it is really unbelievable if it is the way of heaven. Professor Yang Jian said: "Since the underground golden city mentioned by Suan Tiandao is a golden city built for Gulyfia by King Daze, the ghost country of the Western Regions, and the mysterious kingdom of precious jade should be the Emerald Glass Palace. " Yuan Sen said: "Professor, do you really believe that there are cities made of gold and palaces made of emerald glass in this world?" Professor Yang Jian said with a smile: "We can't underestimate the creativity of ancient people. All the signs prove that the Golden City and the Liuli Palace may really exist." Yuan Sen said: "Professor, to be honest, I also believe it." He pointed out the Youming Guipu to Professor Yang Jian, and said, "Professor, do you know that there are jade carvings on the Youming Guipu?" Professor Yang Jian shook his head, and said: "My understanding of Nether Guipu is limited to a passage in "Words of the Western Regions", which is not mentioned in the book." Yuan Sen motioned Baharguli to find Professor Yang Jian's magnifying glass. The jade carvings on the Youming Guipu were very small, and their fineness was comparable to the rice carvings of the Northern Song Dynasty.If it weren't for someone with a heart, who would have thought that there would be a large area of ​​jade carvings on this seemingly rough stone. Jade carvings seem to tell the history of the development of a primitive tribe, from the primitive people who cultivated by slash-and-burn farming to the process of being able to form tribes and clans, which are all clearly recorded.There is a divine beast in the jade carving, and where the divine beast appears, there is a blood sacrifice. The scene of the blood sacrifice is magnificent, with more than a hundred corpses spilling blood on the spot and being swallowed by birds and beasts.The beast is a sheep with a green face and long beard. Its eyes are slightly squinted, and its eyes cannot be seen clearly no matter how the magnifying glass adjusts the focus. Professor Yang Jian suddenly said: "This sheep is blind, it has only one eye, and its demeanor is very similar to that described in my father's work diary!" After what Professor Yang Jian said, Yuan Sen and Bahargul also realized that they were the closest people to Qingyang.I am afraid that they will never forget what happened in the Shahai ancient tomb more than a month ago. The strange expression of the sheep is very similar to the jade carving on the Youming Guipu. It turns out that it is a one-eyed green sheep. The expression of the one-eyed green sheep on the jade carving is very strange. It stares coldly at the dead body under the altar, with a slight smile on its face. If you look at it again, it seems to be crying. In a cold sweat. Yuan Sen said: "Professor, have you noticed that the villains in the painting are different from us!" Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli didn't react for a while, they looked at the villain on the jade carving repeatedly, and didn't understand what the difference Yuan Sen was referring to.Yuan Sen said: "The villains in the jade carvings all have only one eye." Professor Yang Jian was surprised: "One-eyed man?" There are very few representations of people on the jade carving, and there is no depiction of the face at all. Yuan Sen's statement made Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli very strange.Even villains have no face, how did Yuan Sen see that these people have only one eye? Yuan Sendao: "The murals I saw in Muzhai are completely enlarged versions of uncut jade carvings of ghosts. The people on the murals have only one eye." This matter is complicated. Whether it is the work notebook of Professor Yang Jian or the Qingyang in the Shahai ancient tomb in the Taklamakan Desert, they only mention the one-eyed Qingyang, but now there is a one-eyed man. Jade carvings originated from the ancient country of Khotan, but the murals in Muzhai are exactly the same as those on the jade carvings.Could it be that thousands of years ago, there was a connection between Hotan and Helan Mountain, which is located on the border of the Taklamakan Desert?The distance between the two places is thousands of miles, and the transportation in ancient times was very inconvenient. How did these two independent places exchange civilizations? Yuan Sendao: "After I came out of the tomb of King Daze in the ghost country, I climbed a mountain peak. At that time, it was already dawn, and I saw a huge valley below the mountain peak. There was still a faint mist in the valley, surrounded by huge mountains. I couldn’t see anything clearly at the bottom of the mountains and valleys. I took out the infrared telescope in Major David’s leather bag and took a closer look at the valley, but was surprised. I saw the blind Muzhai aborigines in the valley. Walking like zombies, tigers, leopards and wolves are everywhere in the valley, but they are not afraid at all. A large group of tigers, leopards and wild beasts followed the walking Muzhai people, waiting for an opportunity to drag away the stragglers, and devoured the corpses beside the team. The Muzhai people who were eaten by tigers, leopards and wolves did not struggle or resist, and the marching team moved forward numbly without being affected in the slightest. Guided by the high-pitched singing, the Muzhai aborigines walked to the bottom of the valley and sat on the ground. They were as motionless as a dead person. The wild beasts that followed them swarmed up, and the tiger roared in the forest. They threw hundreds of Muzhai people to the ground, ripped open their chests, dragged out their internal organs, and bit them into pieces on the spot. This is my life The most terrifying and bloody scene I have ever seen, bloodier than any human massacre. I looked at these Muzhai people who were being bitten by wild beasts, and I kept asking in my heart, what made them willingly accept such a massacre ?I saw something was wrong on the cliff opposite the valley. The cliff was chiseled very flat and covered with murals, which were very similar to the jade carvings on the Nether Ghost Pu. When I saw the content of the murals, I was stunned. This is really a hell in broad daylight. The figures on the murals are only half a meter high. They have no eyes, only a circle is drawn on their foreheads to represent the eyes. Those eyes are very strange. As long as you look at them, you will be overwhelmed. It's uncomfortable to get off." At this moment, Professor Yang Jian was also lost in thought. The mysterious Mu Zhai and the one-eyed Qingyang described by Yuan Sen reminded him once again of the work diary left by his father.The mysterious experience described in the diary, over the past twenty years, he has tried his best, but he can't find any clues.The appearance of Yuan Sen undoubtedly brought a glimmer of hope to his research.Is the mysterious one-eyed Qingyang the link between Muzhai and the Altai Mountains?He carefully analyzed every sentence of Yuan Sen, trying to find a breakthrough. Professor Yang Jian said: "Xiao Yuan, what do you think of the one-eyed Qingyang?" Yuan Sen said: "Professor, I also encountered that kind of green sheep in the Shahai ancient tomb. Although I didn't lose a single eye, it is said that it is the same species as the one-eyed green sheep. That sheep was killed by ancient tomb guards in the desert. Brought up, it is called an animal that walks in the underworld. It is very weird, it can create hallucinations, and it is easy to kill the tomb robber. And the most strange thing to me is that your work diary, the three items of Mu Zhai and Youming Guipu Everything is describing the one-eyed Qingyang as an unexplainable phenomenon, why is that?" Professor Yang Jian took a deep puff on his cigarette and said, "Let me tell you how that work diary came about first. Before liberation, my father enjoyed a high reputation in the Chinese archaeological circle. , in order to save China's cultural relics from leaking out, he almost spent all his family property and organized dozens of archaeological activities. After liberation, he was elected as a representative of the National People's Congress and the chairman of the National Association for the Promotion of Ancient Cultural Relics Protection. Archaeological expert. In the early 1980s, my father came out of the prison of the "Cultural Revolution" and retired. In those years, he didn't care about world affairs, but just played with dogs and read books every day. Suddenly one day, he received A phone call, and then immediately packed up and was picked up. Not long after he left, I went abroad to study. According to my mother, he left for three years. During these three years, he wrote three letters to his family, The content of each letter is only four words, "Peace, don't read". Three years later, one night, it was raining heavily outside, and a military jeep drove into my yard. My father was carried into the house by a soldier on a stretcher , At that time, he was already seriously ill. For the next six months, my father was silent, and he kept silent about what happened in the past three years. Moreover, his temper became extremely irritable, and he often talked in his sleep in the middle of the night. Until dawn. The content of his sleep talk was upside down. He was probably being chased by something. He ran while cursing. My father’s condition gradually deteriorated. The military hospital specially arranged for my father to be a military doctor, and only he knew about his father’s condition. I will come to check up my father regularly and prescribe medicine. He told us that my father is suffering from a brain tumor, but I don’t think so, because I saw that his eyes were slack from the day my father came back, as if he had suffered It’s the same as stimulation. This is obviously a mental breakdown caused by extreme stimulation. What did my father do and what happened in the past three years? My mother and I have no way of knowing. Half a year later, my father fell ill. Just passed away. When I was cleaning his clothes, I found a work diary in the middle of his old army coat, and that diary is what you read." Professor Yang Jian lit another cigarette, and continued: "According to the description in the work diary, my father was sent to a secret military base at the southern foot of the Altai Mountains in the Altay region of Xinjiang. There, they encountered a series of unimaginable A lot of people died. All of this stemmed from that one-eyed green sheep, which was like a lingering ghost until it killed all the members of the expedition team." Yuan Sendao: "Professor, I have personally entered the tomb of King Daze, the ghost country underground in Muzhai, and I can already prove the existence of the ghost kingdom in the Western Regions. Since the legend of King Daze is true, can it be confirmed that the underground golden city, emerald glass Does the palace really exist? And here is the key to our search for clues." Professor Yang Jian said: "There is no record in the official history of the ghost country in the Western Regions. Except for the "Words in the Western Regions", I have seen it in an ancient book. Many years ago, I worked in the National Library for a while. There is an ancient book "Tuobei", which records that from 500 BC to 200 BC, on the grasslands in the northern part of the Western Regions, lived a country that has not been recorded in history, called the ghost country. They were once powerful, I have defeated many tribes, and it is described in the "Tuobei" that the people of Guiguo are good at witchcraft and have the ability to turn clouds and rain, and other tribes are willing to submit, and if there is any dissatisfaction, they will be wiped out quickly." Yuan Sen said: "Professor, the book you read is exactly the same as the ghost country in the Western Regions described in "Words of the Western Regions". It should refer to the same country." Professor Yang Jian said: "The history of the Da Yue Clan is roughly from the third century BC to the first century BC. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Huns Mao Dun Shanyu defeated the Da Yue Clan. Later, in 177 BC, Mao Dun Shan Yu defeated the Da Yue Clan again. The Da Yuezhi army, the Da Yuezhi fled to the Junggar Basin. I noticed that you just mentioned that the Da Yuezhi army once invaded the ghost country of the Western Regions during the Western Expedition. The Yue clan went downhill and was destroyed by the Huns. Based on this, it can be speculated that the reign of King Linde, the ghost country in the Western Regions, should be around 200 BC, which is consistent with the records in the ancient book "Tuobei". But relying on these, Obviously, it is still not completely sure that the two ghost countries are the same country. The ghost country of the Western Regions is only a small area, but there is a vast area from the Hexi Corridor to the north of the Tianshan Mountains." Yuan Sen said excitedly: "Professor, the murals on the cliffs have recorded characters, but the characters are very strange. They are not the characters of any nation I have ever seen. They are a bit like oracle bone inscriptions and a bit like tadpoles. I see those characters The more I looked at it, the more weird I felt, but the more I looked at it, the more I felt like I had seen it somewhere, but I couldn’t remember where I saw it. Later, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered that I had read this kind of thing in a book. The introduction of the text, and the author of that book is very familiar with us. But I don’t remember the meaning of the text translated into Chinese characters. Back at school, I searched the entire history and humanities reference room, and finally found the book In an old book, I found that a word in the book is exactly the same as the word on the murals in Muzhai." Bahar Guli's eyes widened, and he asked, "What's the word?" Professor Yang Jian also stared at Yuan Sen's lips, and it would be shocking to crack the secret of Muzhai's murals.Since someone understands the text in the mural, it will definitely have a multiplier effect on uncovering a series of mysteries behind the one-eyed Qingyang.Professor Yang Jian's face also had a blush, and his heartbeat gradually increased. "Well, the character I saw was '四', the Chinese capital '四'." "Four?" "Yes, and that book also mentions this kind of writing in a few words. The only example cited is the word 'four'. I accidentally turned to this book at the time, and saw that this kind of writing was very strange, so I had the impression in my heart. Only then will I find that book." Yuan Sen said. Bahargul frowned and said, "Brother, don't tell us chapter novels anymore. Didn't you say that we all know the author of this book? Who is he?" Yuan Sen stared at Professor Yang Jian, and said word by word: "The author of this book is you, Professor Yang Jian, and the title of the book is "Research on Ancient Civilizations in the Western Regions." Professor Yang Jian was smoking with a calm face. Yuan Sen stared at him. He wanted to see something from his face, but unfortunately, his mood didn't fluctuate much. Professor Yang Jian said slowly: "This book was written by my father before liberation, and it has not been published. He didn't give me the manuscript until before his death, and asked me to publish it for him. The issue of Xinjiang has always been a problem in China. It is a sensitive topic, and this book was not published until the early 1990s, and I signed my name at that time to avoid complicated procedures.” Yuan Sen's mood plummeted. He thought that finding the author of "Research on Ancient Civilizations in the Western Regions" would make it more possible to solve the mystery of Muzhai, but the original author of this book was not Professor Yang Jian.Yuan Sen asked urgently, "Professor, don't you know anything about tadpole characters?" Professor Yang Jian shook his head and said: "Although the ancient culture of the Western Regions is my research direction, when I published that book, because of all the troubles, and my father's manuscript was very careful, I didn't bother to proofread it, so I don't know much about that text. If you didn't mention it today, I would have forgotten about that book." Yuan Sen was a little disappointed. He had been obsessed with the mysterious words on the murals since he came back from Muzhai, and the result is that the clues to start from the words have also been broken. Professor Yang Jian said: "Xiao Yuan, have you traced the text? We can study that text, maybe there will be results." Yuan Sen hurriedly said, "Yes, I took pictures of the murals with a high-powered camera." At twelve o'clock at night, the office of the Ancient Civilization Research Section of the Institute of Archeology of Xinda University was still lit. The surrounding darkness was like a huge black hole. The light poured out through the windows of the office, was absorbed and assimilated by the black hole.In front of the huge night, this ancient building is like an old man in his twilight—lonely, but his body exudes a mysterious light. There were only three people in the office, Professor Yang Jian, Yuan Sen, and Bahar Gul, and they were all staring at the monitor screen with wide-eyed eyes.The high-resolution picture was enlarged again and again, and Professor Yang's eyes suddenly froze on the picture.His breathing became heavy, the veins in his hand pressed on the table were bulging, and the expression on his face changed from excitement, contemplation, and eagerness, like a poor old man who suddenly won a lottery of 100 million yuan. Professor Yang Jian took Yuan Sen's mouse, switched to look at the pictures one by one, and then zoomed in until he could clearly see every line on the picture.Half an hour later, Professor Yang Jian's standing posture has not changed at all, and his highly myopic eyes are almost close to the monitor.Suddenly, his eyes fell on a line of characters on the picture. As Yuan Sen said, that kind of characters is really different from any kind of characters in the world, just like different postures made of tadpoles. It is a combination of several different tadpoles. Professor Yang Jian read it for more than two hours, sometimes went to the database next door to read the materials, and sometimes used a pen to draw the appearance of the tadpole text on the paper, feeling the trajectory of the pen, acting as if no one else was there. After a long time, Professor Yang sat down on the chair next to the computer, took off his glasses, and said, "After researching my father's works during his lifetime, I have deciphered four characters, and the translation of these four tadpole characters into Chinese is,' Jianyuan four years'!" "Jianyuan four years?" Bahar Guli repeated in doubt. Yuan Sen interjected: "In Chinese history, there are five dynasties with Jianyuan as their year name, namely Han, Former Zhao, Jin, Former Qin, and Southern Qi. Which one is this referring to?" Professor Yang Jian smoked silently, and said: "I can only decipher these four characters. I found these four characters in the work diary my father brought back from Xinjiang. It was written on the edge of the inner page. It’s this kind of tadpole text, with notes on the fourth year of Jianyuan in the corner.” Yuan Sen said: "Impossible. Since this kind of text is mentioned in the work diary, it is impossible to mention it in only one place. Is there any other place that you have not noticed?" Professor Yang Jian shook his head and said: "I have read this work diary for decades, and I can remember every corner clearly. If there are other records, it can only be in the other half of the work diary." "Then, how can I find the other half of the work diary?" Yuan Sen couldn't bear to let his hope be extinguished again, he wanted to grasp that glimmer of hope. Professor Yang Jian shook his head and said, "I've only seen half of the book, and I don't know about the rest. Maybe it fell in Xinjiang, maybe it was in the hands of the army." Yuan Sen's face darkened, "In the fourth year of Jianyuan, what can these four words explain?" Professor Yang Jian looked at Youming Guipu, his eyes sparkled, and he said, "Have you ever noticed that in the fourth year of Jianyuan in the Han Dynasty, it was the day when Zhang Qian, the founder of the Silk Road, went to the Western Regions as an envoy?" Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli looked at each other, and said in unison, "Zhang Qian and Mu Zhai?" Professor Yang Jian said: "When I thought about the relationship between the two, even I was taken aback. But when I think about it carefully, Zhang Qian traveled all over the Western Regions. If it is said that Muzhai originated from the ancient In the Western Regions, do these two have certain possibilities on a large scale?" As the night deepened, the three of them fell into intense analysis and discussion. They found that the more they discussed, the more doubts they had, and the possible answers behind the doubts became more terrifying.This reminded Yuan Sen of the secret that shocked the world mentioned in Major David's secret letter in King Daze's tomb. Was it also related to Mu Zhai and Zhang Qian?Because if every doubt here is revealed, it will be enough to shock the whole world and become the headlines of major media. 杨健教授道：“小袁，你注意到没有？穆寨的原住民静坐等待野兽屠杀的行为，应该是一场远古的天葬仪式？” 袁森一惊，道：“天葬？” 杨健教授点头道：“不错，古代许多民族都有天葬的习俗，天葬被誉为是最接近神的葬礼。《周易·系辞传》中有一句话，'古之葬者厚衣以薪，葬之中野，不封不树'，说的就是当时的天葬之礼，在现在西藏和蒙古还保留着天葬的习俗。只不过，穆寨的天葬仪式是用活人来举行的，这一点非常独特，世界上没有哪个民族有过这样的天葬记载。” 杨健教授正说着，袁森突然一把把他和巴哈尔古丽推开，两人猝不及防，摔倒在地。还没等他俩反应过来，从窗口就“嗒嗒嗒——”打来一梭子子弹。袁森在地上连打几滚，滚到桌子底下，一脚将桌子踹翻。桌子哐当倒地，钢化玻璃稀里哗啦碎了一地，一排子弹打在桌面上，袁森乘机将杨健教授拖到墙角。 没想到在新大考古研究院居然会引来枪击，三人都是莫名其妙，不明歹徒意图何在，现在敌在暗他们在明，只能坐以待毙。 枪手从窗口翻进来，听脚步声是两个人，皮鞋叩击地面的声音很响亮，袁森与杨健教授都感觉到这枪手气焰太过嚣张，看来来头应该不小。 袁森突然低声道：“糟糕，幽冥鬼璞掉了——” 杨健教授对袁森使了个眼色，他自己人虽然在桌子后面，但是一只脚已经探了出去，在轻轻地勾着掉到地上的幽冥鬼璞。 枪手爬上来的那个窗户是研究室的背面窗口，与三人潜身位置还有一定距离，枪手一步一步走进，袁森不禁为杨健教授捏了一把汗，生怕弄出什么动静。巴哈尔古丽蜷缩在墙角，四周安静得吓死人，周遭的空气都显得相当压抑。 杨健教授一使劲，幽冥鬼璞擦着地面划过来，发出一声脆响，三人的心脏都是一紧，枪手走路的声音戛然而止。 幽冥鬼璞顺势滑到袁森的怀里，袁森急忙接住。这时，两只冰冷的枪口抵住袁森和杨健教授的额头，一个沙哑的男声吼道：“不要乱动，如果你们不想死的话——” 研究室里安静了一分钟，杨健教授冷静地问道：“你们是什么人？来这里干什么？” 枪手“呸”的一声吐了一口痰，骂道：“你他妈的算老几了？命都攥老子手上你他妈的还装大爷！” 他将枪托倒过来，就要砸杨健教授脑袋上，袁森见机，勾住枪口顶着他的另外一个枪手的脚，突然发寸劲，枪手猝不及防，跌倒在地。袁森再用肘部猛击枪手的膝关节，他的爆发力非常大，枪手吃不消，痛得抱着膝盖蹲到地上。制服两名枪手，只不过是片刻之间的事情，袁森出手快准狠，立刻打得这两枪手失去抵抗能力。 杨健教授毕竟是见过大风大浪的人，他一见两名枪手被制服，立刻夺下对方的冲锋枪，抵住那两枪手的脑袋。两人只顾与当前的枪手搏斗，没防到后面突然有重物砸过来，杨健教授听到风声，没有躲过去，后脑勺挨了一下，鲜血直流。袁森被直接击倒在地，不能反抗。 为首的壮汉夺过杨健教授的冲锋枪，那壮汉身后还跟了两个人，他们跟刚才的两名枪手一样，都是黑皮靴黑裤子，脸上蒙着面罩，端着微型冲锋枪。一群蒙面人把袁森、杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽拖到研究室中央，逼他们蹲在地上。 为首的那个黑衣壮汉把袁森摁在地上，夺过幽冥鬼璞，袁森大叫道：“你们是什么人？” 刚才遭暗算的枪手踹了袁森一脚，骂道：“老实点，要不是上头交代留着你的小命，老子早他妈一枪崩了你！” 黑衣壮汉应该是这群人的头目，一个黑衣枪手问他：“宝贝拿到了，这几个人怎么处理？” 壮汉踹了袁森一脚，道：“老头儿和小妞做了，别留痕迹，这小子你和阿昌带回去再说。” 黑衣枪手答应了壮汉，就和那个叫阿昌的枪手架着袁森往窗口走。袁森被两个彪形大汉钳住胳膊，没办法动弹，怎么叫嚷都无济于事。 新大考古研究所属于国家重点安全单位，楼道里遍布监视警报设备，那些枪手势必是对这栋大楼有所了解，才会选择不走楼道。他们给袁森栓上安全带，顺着排水管滑下去，落脚的地方是考古所的后院。考古所本来就很少有人来，半夜的时候，院子前前后后都被树叶遮住，月光透不过来。路灯不知道是被枪手打了还是坏了，院子里阴沉得厉害，黑压压的一大片什么都看不见。 袁森被枪手架着翻越围墙，再穿过考古所后面的小树林，树林后面的林荫道上停着一辆奔驰轿车。几个人走近了，车灯闪了几下。叫阿昌的枪手打开车门，另一个枪手先钻进去，阿昌再把袁森推进去，两人在后座上控制着袁森，迫使他没有任何反抗余地。 开车的是一个头发扎得很高的女人，车内没开灯，只能依稀通过漏进来的车头大灯的光来辨认她的影子。 黑衣枪手道：“小伊，开车！” 女人没有说话，将车发动，悄无声息地绕出了考古所树林，再从疆西大门绕了出去。公路上有了路灯，袁森扭头去看那两个蒙面枪手。两人狠狠扣住袁森的脖子，几次挣扎无效之后，袁森只得老实地坐着不动。袁森心里觉得这事儿特别的蹊跷，这枪手的目的，直接就是来抢他的幽冥鬼璞。《西域惊言》的下半本没有几人看过，幽冥鬼璞能开启地下黄金城和翡翠琉璃宫的秘密，知道的人更是少之又少。算天道已经死了，丁老二和皮衣男也葬身蛇窟，这帮黑衣枪手的指使者最大可能就是那个神秘的凯琳小姐，听名字似乎是个外国人，不知道是什么来头。 凑齐三块古玉就可以合成灵兽玉骨，可惜火燎烧和算天道的那块玉牌都被三进口遇到的那女人偷去了，现在幽冥鬼璞也落到别人手里，只能眼睁睁看着。他得到的幽冥鬼璞并不是真正的幽冥鬼璞，只不过是其中一部分，不知道是什么原因导致当年古丽菲亚要把幽冥鬼璞自作主张地改名成灵兽玉骨。 灵兽玉骨分解成的三块宝玉都到过袁森的手里，他原本很有机会揭开地下黄金城、翡翠琉璃宫的秘密，可惜现在只能眼巴巴地看着。三进口的女人是不是也跟这些枪手是一伙的呢？如果是的话，恐怕这辈子他都跟黄金城和琉璃宫的秘密无缘了。 不过这个不是最重要的，重要的是杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽的安危。黑衣壮汉在研究室里下令做掉两人，现在深更半夜的，没有人会想到研究室内会潜进来枪手，杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽多半凶多吉少。 袁森一路上胡思乱想，不知不觉车已经开了一个多小时，阿昌突然道：“小伊，我们不是回总部吗？你这是往哪里走？” 开车的女人冷哼一声，道：“上头的命令，你有权利过问吗，也不想想你的身份配不配？” 阿昌被噎住，小声嘀咕道：“这小丫头，平常也不见这么神气。” 奔驰轿车在公路上疾驰，车又开了两个多小时，眼看离市郊已经很远了。那个稳如泰山的枪手终于坐不住了，他们一起质问叫小伊的女人，道：“小丫头，你他妈在搞什么鬼，你要送我们去哪里？” 小伊依旧冷漠地回答：“你应该知道组织里的规矩，不该你问的，你就别问。我只是奉命做事，没办法告诉你任何答案。” 两个枪手知道组织里的规矩，不敢再啰唆。小伊加快车速，奔驰轿车在夜间车辆稀少的国道上奔驰如飞。 车行半个小时，驶过一片荒无人烟的草原，终于在一座巨大的建筑群前停下，袁森被两个枪手架着，看不清楚外面的情况。阿昌朝外面一看，脸就绿了，大吼道：“他妈的这是军区，小伊你疯了！” 阿昌的同伴也很惊讶，道：“难道上头已经渗透进军区内部？小伊，你今天给我解释清楚，否则谁都别想走。” 阿昌怒骂道：“渗透——渗你妈，我们被这小贱人给出卖了——” 这时，车门被拉开，两支枪抵住枪手的脑袋，车外有人威严地喝叫道：“把枪放下，双手抱头出来。” 两枪手明白过来，脸都绿了，他们瞪着小伊，恨不得把她生吞活剥了。两个枪手傻乎乎地被这个叫小伊的女人装车送来卖了，他们等到人家数钱的时候，才醒悟过来。 阿昌端起冲锋枪，怒道：“小伊，没想到你是叛徒！” 车外的人朝天鸣了一枪，大吼道：“放下武器！” 两个枪手吓得不敢动弹，很快手里的冲锋枪就被夺了去，人也被拖出车外。袁森出来才发现，奔驰轿车后面站着十余名荷枪实弹的官兵。 叫小伊的女人从车里下来，对为首的中年军官行了个军礼，道：“第775师特种兵少尉乔小伊不辱使命，完成组织指派任务。” 军官笑呵呵地说：“小伊啊，这一年多来辛苦你了，总算是调查出一点眉目了。” 阿昌和他的同伴被士兵押着，他们瞪着乔小伊，眼中闪着怨毒的光，中年军官挥手让人把他们带了下去。 军官微笑着向袁森伸出手，道：“袁先生你好，我是驻疆部队第775师特种兵中校，王伦。” 袁森迟疑地伸出手，与王伦中校握在一起，他到现在还没搞清楚这到底是怎么回事，难道是军队和犯罪分子之间导演了一场无间道？ 王伦中校道：“刚才抓你的那些人是境外一个非法组织的成员，他们以跨国集团的形式渗透到国家的很多部门，而且他们的目的非常神秘，关系到国家利益。我们军部在多年以前注意到这个组织，一直暗中调查，今天他们的活动刚好被我们获悉，才会把你请到这里来。” 袁森点了点头，道：“我算是明白了，谢谢你们，不过你们救出了我，考古所里还有我的同伴，他们现在怎么样了？” 王伦中校笑道：“袁先生请放心，我们的行动都是统一部署，等一下你就可以看到他们了。” 说罢，王伦中校把袁森请上一辆军车。这时天刚破晓，袁森坐在军车里迷迷糊糊地驶进军区，军车在一栋写着高级保密的大楼前停了下来。 大楼旁边的指示牌上写着，“机密重地，非请勿入”。王伦中校领着袁森与乔小伊走进大楼，坐电梯直奔五楼，穿过三重电门和五道戒备森严的哨卡，来到一间会议室前。 会议室门口站着两名持枪哨兵，三人再一次接受了是否携带危险物品的检查，才被允许进入会议室。会议室空间不是很大，摆设也很简单，不过袁森看到会议室中的几个人之后，却吓了一跳。 杨健教授正坐在会议桌前，与一个头发花白的老头儿在小声地说着什么，巴哈尔古丽一边喝茶一边听他俩说话。两人的神情都很淡定，枉费袁森为他们担心一场。 袁森走进去，叫道：“教授，巴哈尔古丽。” 巴哈尔古丽一听袁森的声音，惊喜地叫起来，“师兄，刚才我担心死你了，不知道那帮人要把你带到哪里去。” 杨健教授向袁森招手道：“小袁，来这边坐。” 他指着那头发花白的老头儿道：“这位是国家著名考古学者，田一昌博士，他可是古西域文明研究领域非常权威的专家，你们可以好好交流一下。” 袁森过去向田博士打招呼，田博士看着袁森，道：“杨健啊，这就是你说的那位从鬼国大泽王墓中拿到幽冥鬼璞的年轻人吗？不错不错，后生可畏，哈哈。” 王伦中校向田博士道：“博士，那帮枪手已经被带到审讯室，一旦有什么消息，我随时通知您。” 田博士点了点头，王伦中校带着乔小伊走了出去，会议室的电门跟着自动关闭。