Chapter 23 Chapter 22 Missing

How could such an old and smelly tapestry be an antique more than two thousand years ago?But what Professor Yang Jian said is naturally well-founded.Professor Yang Jian took the tapestry to a place facing the light to look at it again, and said with admiration: "The 'Common Life Bird' tattoo is a splendid tattoo that could only be found in the courts of the Western Han Dynasty. This tapestry is simply a national treasure! " After some preparations, Professor Yang Jian, Yuan Sen, and Bahar Guli boarded the plane to Yinchuan. Two hours later, the plane landed at Yinchuan Hedong Airport.Looking at the transparent blue sky outside the porthole, Yang Jian sighed: "Only such a pure sky can breed such a mysterious civilization!"

With Yuan Sen as their guide, the two of them became easier.The group of three took a bus to Helan County first, and then transferred to Fengdeng Miao Village, because Professor Yang Jian wanted to meet the old man Xie Wang'an who had gone deep into Mu Village and lived with the people of Mu Village for a period of time. The three of them walked towards the entrance of the Miao Village, and met a middle-aged man on the way. He looked at Yuan Sen suspiciously, and said, "You are looking for Madman Xie, I saw you last time." Yuan Sen nodded, guessing that when he asked Mu Zhai, almost everyone in Miao Village paid attention to him, and if Xie Wang'an hadn't rescued him that time, he might have died in Jiubao's hands.

The middle-aged man said: "No need to go, a few days ago his madness relapsed again, and he ran to the village to haunt the village in the middle of the night, the villagers couldn't stand him, so they kicked him out, and now he doesn't know where he went. " When Bahargul heard the middle-aged man's words, he became angry, and shouted with his hands on his hips, "Do you have any sympathy? He is so old and has no children, and you still drive him out!" The middle-aged man snorted coldly, and said: "Old lunatic, he should have died long ago, he killed so many people." While talking to himself, he ignored the three of them and walked towards the village alone.

Yuan Sen didn't expect such a change. He thought that Professor Yang Jian would communicate with Xie Wangan, and he might find other clues.Now that Xie Wangan is gone, this thread is considered broken. The three of them came to Xie Wangan's dilapidated house, and they smelled a foul smell before entering the door. They could only walk into the room holding their noses.The windows in the room were closed tightly, and the sunlight came in through the cracks in the newspaper covering the windows, giving the room a glimmer of light. There was an old quilt on Xie Wangan's bed, and the tables and chairs were the same as before. Professor Yang Jian carefully looked at everything in the room. Suddenly his eyes widened and he pulled out a blanket from under the quilt.

The blanket was five-coloured, dark gray, completely old, with a lot of oil stains on it, exuding a foul smell that made people want to retch. Professor Yang Jian looked and looked at the blanket, touched and touched it, and kept muttering, "It's unbelievable—unbelievable—it's unbelievable that something from more than 2,000 years ago is still preserved so well!" Both Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli stared wide-eyed. How could such an old and smelly tapestry be an antique more than two thousand years ago?But what Professor Yang Jian said is naturally well-founded. Professor Yang Jian took the tapestry to a place facing the light to look at it again, and said with admiration: "The 'Common Life Bird' tattoo is a splendid tattoo that could only be found in the courts of the Western Han Dynasty. This tapestry is simply a national treasure! "

Bahar Guli looked at Yuan Sen and said, "Could it be that Xie Wangan took this tapestry out of Muzhai? Otherwise, how could he, an ordinary hunter, have such a priceless antique?" Yuan Sen also thought about this part, but in that conversation, Xie Wangan did not mention that he brought something from Muzhai. Could it be that he concealed it on purpose? Moreover, are the things from the court of the Western Han Dynasty related to Zhang Qian? Professor Yang Jian went around the house a few more times, and there were many cultural relics of great value placed in many casual places, which were placed in every corner like discarded garbage.

Professor Yang Jian looked and looked again, confirmed the value of the cultural relics one by one, and sighed, such a good thing was treated so poorly. By the time they put everything away and walked out of the room, the sky was already slightly dark.A group of three people walked towards the village, asking about Xie Wangan's whereabouts when they saw anyone, and finally a Miao woman said that she saw Xie Wangan being put on a car at the entrance of the village and taken away. The three of them were taken aback at the same time. They had always thought that Yuan Sen was the only one who knew about Xie Wangan's experience, but they didn't expect that there was another group of people secretly planning Xie Wangan's idea.

That is to say, there are still a group of people who are eyeing Mu Zhai, and even the Cyclops Civilization. They don't know the purpose of this group of people, but since they will take Xie Wangan away, they should know no less than Yuan Sen and the others.It was even possible that they were the Miss Kailin that the man in the leather jacket was talking about. This kind of man-eating ants can definitely be red ants, but this kind of red ants are at least three times bigger than ordinary red ants, and they are too carnivorous. They will eat animals when they see them. It's too scary!If it was a mutant, how could there be such conditions in the Helan Primeval Forest that made them so cruel, they were like killing machines.

The three had no choice but to have dinner at a family in Miao Village and gave some money.The last time Yuan Sen was almost killed by Jiubao, this time he was extra careful, checking the tea and food before eating, and not delaying after eating, and went straight to the mountains in the dark according to the original plan.Yuan Sen made a mark on the secret path when he left the mountain last time, and it was easier to find it. When Yuan Sen found the entrance of the secret path, the group of people accelerated towards the mountain. Professor Yang Jian is also a master of exploration and archaeology, and his actions are extremely fast.Baharguli grew up in Xinjiang. Before Kurban died, she often went to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with her father to explore jade. With a lot of experience, it was not a problem to climb a mountain like Helan. The three of them moved very quickly. Before long, it gradually approached the deep mountain area.

Suddenly, Yuan Sen beckoned Bahargul and Professor Yang Jian to turn off the lights. The three gathered together, surrounded by darkness, and the sound of the wind shaking the leaves came and went. Bahar Gul asked in a low voice: "Brother, what's wrong?" Yuan Sen pointed to the sky, and said: "See, the signal light, the security here is much stricter than we imagined, the army has been stationed, and I saw the barbed wire just now." Professor Yang Jian whispered: "No matter what, we must go in this time. Think about whether there are other roads nearby. If not, we will cut the barbed wire."

Yuan Sen shook his head, "Although this mountainous area is very large, it is surrounded by huge conjoined mountains. There are only cliffs and no other entrances." Professor Yang Jian nodded, Yuan Sen no longer hesitated, squatted down, and took out the wire cutters from his backpack.This pair of wire cutters comes from a heavy industrial workshop, and it's easy to cut things like iron wire.Before coming here, Professor Yang Jian thought that important forest areas might be blocked with steel wire mesh, so he specially brought this tool.Yuan Sen strengthened his hands, and cut a small opening in a few strokes. The opening was so small that only one person could crawl through it sideways. Yuan Sen climbed in by himself first, checked the surroundings, and after confirming that it was safe, he pulled Professor Yang Jian and Bahargul over.They packed their hiking bags, covered up the gap in the barbed wire, and continued to run towards the mountains. The flashlights of the three people are all powerful military flashlights bought in Urumqi. They have a long irradiation distance and less astigmatism, which is very practical.But everyone was very careful at the moment, if the army found out, it would be very troublesome in the middle of the night, and they came for Muzhai.Although they were instructed by Dr. Tian, ​​if they were caught, this kind of thing is a state secret. They didn't say hello to Dr. Tian before they came, and they might have to go through a lot of procedures.Moreover, they don't want to do everything under the eyes of the officials, which is too restrictive.Yuan Sen asked everyone to adjust their flashlights to a small aperture, and then covered the aperture with a cloth, so that the light could only be within a small range of a few meters, and it was hazy, and only one direction could be distinguished at most. The three of them didn't dare to delay, and they found a dense forest to rest until dawn the next day.Yuan Sen has a good physique and has received professional exploration training, so walking in the mountains overnight is nothing to him.But Professor Yang Jian was struggling a bit, sitting on the ground and panting hard. Although Bahargul had experienced with his father Kurban, the high-intensity mountaineering for one night was still unbearable for her.She collapsed on the ground, not wanting to move. Yuan Sen said: "Professor, we go into the mountain at night and rest in the dense forest during the day. Now that the authorities attach so much importance to Muzhai, the mountain patrol team must have increased a lot, and it will be troublesome if we get hit." Professor Yang Jian nodded in agreement, and the two took out the tent-building tools from their bags and found two big trees with lush branches.Professor Yang Jian and Yuan Sen climbed up to a height of more than ten meters, first pulled two ropes, and put them into the folded steel pipe.Then tie the top of the tent tightly, lower it about two meters, and fix the base between two trees.Both of them had experience in camping in the deep mountains. It took only ten minutes for everything to be done. Yuan Sen sprayed insect repellant on the rope to prevent jungle poisonous insects from crawling into the tent along the rope. Bahargul rested for a while before recovering, and then climbed up the tree and entered the tent. The three of them ate some compressed biscuits in the tent, and then all got into sleeping bags to rest. The tents are set up among the dense leaves. Even if the patrol team passes under the trees, if you don't observe carefully, you can't see the tents on the top of the trees. The three of them slept in the dark, and were suddenly awakened by the sharp whistle. They crawled out of their sleeping bags and cautiously poked their heads out to look out.A few flares with white tails streaked across the night sky. The flares rose into the air and exploded suddenly, illuminating the vast jungle of Helan Mountain as if it were daytime. Yuan Sen exclaimed: "They are gathering troops. The torn barbed wire must have been discovered. Let's go down and go northwest." It was completely dark, Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian hurriedly tore down the tent, packed their bags, and ran towards the opposite direction of Muzhai.Along the way, sirens sounded one after another, the sound of wolf dogs barking and the sound of mountain patrol troops running, followed closely behind them, and they were so nervous that they couldn't breathe. They ran for more than two hours before they lost track of them, and the three of them lay down on the tree trunk in disgrace and gasped for breath.Yuan Sen observed the forest area carefully. The trees in the forest were very low, and there were only a few tall birches. It seemed that they had fled into a bush.Yuan Sen used a military flashlight to illuminate the forest area as a hillside, and the slope is covered with lush green grass, spreading out endlessly. Professor Yang Jian said: "I observed it when I entered the mountain. The distribution of forests in Helan Mountain is in a vertical trend. The forest we are in now is an alpine shrub meadow. It should be at the edge of the main forest area. It's getting farther and farther." Yuan Sen said: "Professor, we have been heading northwest, and the final exit is the Alxa League, and we have entered Inner Mongolia. We have already left the army's protection zone, and it may not be so easy to re-enter. We can only go all the way north, to the original Deep in the forest, find a gap and cut in." Professor Yang Jian pondered for a moment, and said: "The forest area in Helan Mountain is extremely wide, and the army's encirclement is limited. There must be an entrance. But if you really enter the virgin forest deep in the mountain, it may be too dangerous. And Bahar Gu Li is a girl, we have to think about her." Bahar Guli hastily said that she has good physical fitness, and she has even climbed the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Xinjiang, and even drilled through the ancient tombs in the Sand Sea. There must be no problem entering the virgin forest. The three discussed for a while, analyzed the pros and cons, and finally decided to enter the primeval forest.A group of people walked northward and climbed several peaks with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Baharguli fainted from lack of oxygen on the top of the mountain many times. They went through hardships and finally entered the virgin forest. On the third day, they went deep into the forest area. No one had visited this primeval forest for thousands of years. The branches and leaves were dense, and giant trees blocked the road. The three of them had difficulty walking in it.Before setting off, Yuan Sen found a friend to get a very good quality military dagger, and the vines and branches as thick as fingers and arms could be cut off easily with two or two strokes.Yuan Sen opened the way in front, and Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli followed behind. The three of them walked slowly in the huge virgin forest. Baharguli looked around while walking, and suddenly she exclaimed, "What a beautiful flower!" She looked at a tall tree, as if she was insane, and it was full of flowers in a daze. The giant tree walked over. Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian turned their heads to look, and the flowers on the tree were very beautiful, and the white petals were as pure as a crystal cup.The inner petals of the flower are white with a touch of pink, and the stamens are as graceful as a delicate beauty, standing gracefully in the center of the flower.The trees are full of beautiful flowers, big or small, and the green leaves behind the flowers are green and tender, which makes the flowers beautiful. Yuan Sen smelled the tangy fragrance from the flowers and felt refreshed. Professor Yang Jian suddenly called out: "Bahar Guli, come back quickly, it's a piranha." Bahargul turned a deaf ear to Professor Yang Jian's yelling. She approached the giant tree like a lost soul, and reached out to pick the flowers.Yuan Sen came to his senses and realized that something was wrong with the flower, so he rushed over to try to stop Bahargul.But it was too late, Baharguli had already picked one of them, and as soon as the branch was touched by Baharguli, countless vines as thick as arms stretched out from behind the tree, entangled Baharguli in the air. Gu Li, drag her to the ground and drag her into the bushes. The vines are so strong that in less than a second, Bahar Gul was dragged in half.Yuan Sen grabbed Bahargul's leg, and Professor Yang Jian also rushed over to help, grabbing it from behind.However, the vine was so powerful that neither of them could pull it back. Bahargul's body was dragged into the bush inch by inch by the vine.The voice of Bahargul struggling and whimpering in the bushes gradually became smaller, and the extent of his body struggling became weaker. It is estimated that he was tied up by vines and could not breathe. If he was not dragged out, he would be hopeless. Yuan Sen's brain was full of blood, and he swung his military dagger, chopping wildly among the flowers and leaves, and the fragments of flowers and green leaves were chopped off.The vines were frightened, and stretched out their teeth and claws to wrap around Yuan Sen. Yuan Sen shouted loudly, and threw himself into the bushes, chopping the few vines that stretched out into countless pieces. The vines were injured, and Yuan Sen sensed that Yuan Sen was not easy to mess with, so they all retreated into the bushes.Bahargul's body was still being dragged in by another group of vines, without any struggle, it was not known whether it was dead or alive.Yuan Sen's blood rushed to his forehead, and he chased the rattan and hacked at the root of the rattan, causing sawdust to fly and the dead rattan to break. In a rage, Yuan Sen chopped off a large piece of the roots of the vines. When the roots were injured, the vines broke, and the thick vines that bound Bahargul loosened step by step.Professor Yang Jian forcefully dragged Bahar Guli out of the bushes, and Yuan Sen hurried over to see if she was okay. Bahargul was dragged out of the bushes, followed by countless palm-sized centipedes and poisonous insects. Yuan Sen hadn't come to her. Seeing this scene, he was so frightened that Professor Yang Jian dragged Bahargul away. .Professor Yang Jian hurriedly dragged her two meters away. When she was being dragged, Bahargul woke up with a start. She opened her eyes and didn't understand what was going on. Seeing her eyes open, Yuan Sen knew it was nothing serious, and hurriedly avoided those centipedes and poisonous insects. Baharguli got up from the ground and saw the poisonous insects crawling around on the cut flower trees. The fear of being dragged into the bushes by the vines just now was still there, and she couldn't help but feel chills. Yuan Sen knocked Bahar Guli on the head, and said with a smile, "Save your tears, and cry in a safe place!" Bahar Guli was angry and gave Yuan Sen a vicious look.A chance encounter with Yuan Sen in the Shahai ancient tomb, coupled with an experience from the Xinda archaeological laboratory, made the two of them familiar.The relationship tempered by surviving several catastrophes allowed them to joke around casually. Yuan Sen didn't speak anymore, and Bahar Guli also ignored Yuan Sen in anger. Professor Yang Jian squatted on the ground, carefully observing the colorful centipedes and spiders under the vines. Yuan Sen suddenly felt a depression in his heart, as if he was holding a fire, he was very surprised, this feeling has always been a signal when he is in danger.His body is very sensitive to danger. Whenever danger approaches, he will feel uncomfortable and call the police. Yuan Sen didn't think too much, he shouted and threw Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Gul to the ground.At the same time, a burst of gunfire tore through the vast tranquility of the primeval forest, and the birds lurking in the dense forest were frightened by the gunshots, soaring into the sky. Yuan Sen watched helplessly as the bullets flew past his body, sparks flew, and he was too frightened to look up.The enemy hid behind the bushes, and the bullets shot everywhere. Yuan Sen heard his footsteps gradually approaching, and his hand holding the military dagger couldn't help but sweat. Baharguli lay under Yuan Sen and kept bumping his arms at him. Yuan Sen was very angry and gave Baharguli a hard look.Secretly scolding this little girl for not knowing the heights of the sky and the earth, she is still messing around at this time.Bahar Guli slammed into his chest and winked vigorously in front of Yuan Sen.Yuan Sen followed her gaze and turned pale with fright. It turned out that two palm-sized spiders were slowly approaching less than one centimeter away from his hand.The two spiders were not only fat, but also covered with colorful patterns, walking towards him step by step.Yuan Sen has rich experience in living in the wild and knows that this kind of colored spider is extremely poisonous. In this virgin forest without any medical conditions, a bite would definitely kill him immediately. The gunfire stopped suddenly at this time, and Yuan Sen saw a pair of military boots in the gap between the bushes through the bushes.That guy didn't seem to know the situation here, so he didn't dare to come over.Yuan Sen cursed bad luck, they all hid in the primeval forest, and the army still insisted on it. Yuan Sen secretly speculated that it's either you or me. If you don't kill this spider today, the three of you will definitely not survive.Yuan Sen saw that the spider closest to him suddenly bounced on the ground like a toad, and jumped in front of him.One person and one spider, looking at each other, sweat rolled down Yuan Sen's face like oil.There are poisonous insects in the front and bullets in the back. This is really going to make people desperate. The spider lifted its two forelimbs and crawled towards Yuan Sen's face. Yuan Sen was so hot-headed that he didn't have time to think of other ways.He picked up the flower spider with his military dagger and flung it into the bushes.The man in the bush heard the movement and crackled the gun like firecrackers. The man in the bushes scolded: "Fuck - play tricks with me, court death!" With an idea, Yuan Sen grabbed the dirt on the ground and threw it over.Before the man had a chance to breathe, he picked up a second poisonous spider and threw it into the bushes. The pair of big military boots in the bushes kicked away the bushes, and the muzzle of a black gun was pressed against Yuan Sen's forehead. "what--" Yuan Sen was screaming in his heart, when he suddenly heard the screams of his military boots, his military boots and the muzzle of his gun retracted again.The man rolled around in the bushes, screaming like a butchered pig, which made people's liver and gallbladder tear.The man yelled for a while, and then fell silent again.