Chapter 28 Chapter 27 The Parchment Code

The purpose of Zhang Qian's westward trip was actually for the legendary Emerald Glass Palace. This palace formed by natural jade veins, with carved beams and flying buildings, palace pavilions, actors and musicians, is magnificent and natural.More importantly, there is a secret that shocks the world hidden in the Emerald Glass Palace, but Tao Suquan didn't elaborate on what the secret is, maybe he doesn't know it himself. When Ms. Lin was twelve years old, she was sent to Mount Helan. She lived alone in the mountains for a week and encountered countless dangers.Later, by chance, she met the local ghost of Helan Mountain, that is, the native of Muzhai, and the people of Muzhai rescued her.She stayed in Muzhai for ten years, during which time she told the people in Muzhai that she followed her father to hunt in Helan Mountain, but his father died of snake poison in order to save her.The aborigines in Muzhai didn't doubt her as a little girl, until six years later, at the age of 18, she had grown into a beautiful girl, the prettiest girl in Muzhai.

That is, at the age of eighteen, she married the village owner of Muzhai, an old man in his fifties.The purpose of Ms. Lin's lurking in Muzhai is to steal and crack the method to open the underground golden city according to Tao Suquan's deciphering of the records in the sheepskin scrolls of the Western Regions. According to Tao Suquan's deciphered records, Muzhai is the guarding force of the ghost kingdom of the Western Regions, Daze King Alizi. After Alizi passed away, the new king was exterminated within three years after he ascended the throne.There are many reasons that led to the destruction of the ghost country in the Western Regions. One of them is that the king of Daze, Alizi, exhausted his national power and made too many enemies in order to build an underground golden city.But the most direct factor is Zhang Qian, the pioneer of the Silk Road. Without him, perhaps the secrets of the Underground Golden City and the Emerald Glass Palace would have been buried deep underground forever.

Yuan Sen and Baharguli were very surprised. Why did the secret of the underground golden city and the emerald glazed palace get involved with Zhang Qian? Ms. Lin continued to talk, and as the matter gradually unfolded, many of Yuan Sen's puzzling questions these days have been answered. When Zhang Qian was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to open up the Silk Road, he did not unite with the Da Yue Clan to attack the Huns as said in the history books. In fact, the Da Yue Clan has been bullied and expelled by the Huns since the time of Maodun Shanyu. If he dared to resist the Huns, That was almost a big joke.

Moreover, the Western Han Dynasty and the Dayue Clan were thousands of miles away, and the nomadic kingdom of the Xiongnu lay in the middle, and they could not help each other. During the war, it was even more impossible to communicate with each other. If it is said that these two countries can jointly fight against the Huns, it is really impossible Tan. Tao Suquan said in the deciphering record that the purpose of Zhang Qian's westward journey was actually for the legendary Emerald Glazed Palace. It is said that this palace formed by natural jade veins has countless carved beams and flying buildings, palaces and pavilions, actors and musicians. It is magnificent and natural. .More importantly, there is a secret that shocks the world hidden in this emerald glazed palace, but Tao Suquan didn't elaborate on what the secret is, maybe he doesn't know it himself.

The countless treasures that Zhang Qian carried on his westward journey were not for the Da Yuezhi, but for the ghost country of the Western Regions, a small border country adjacent to the Da Yuezhi.The Western Han Dynasty somehow found out about the legend of King Daze and Gulyfia, and seemed to have learned the secret of the Emerald Glass Palace.At all costs, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Zhang Qian to carry thousands of treasures, communicate with the ghost kingdoms in the Western Regions, and obtain the secret of the Emerald Glass Palace. Zhang Qian was intercepted by the Huns army on the road. Why did Mao Dun Shanyu of the Huns imprison Zhang Qian but not kill him, and let him marry a wife and have children?The reason for this is actually all due to the secret of the Emerald Glazed Palace.Mao Dun Shanyu had always been ferocious by nature, and he hated the Western Han Dynasty even more. He sent troops to attack the Han Dynasty several times.When Maodun Shanyu attacked the Great Yuezhi, he cut off the head of the Yuezhi king and used it as a wine cup for drinking. How could such a person not kill Zhang Qian who had brought a car full of treasures to make friends with the Yuezhi?

According to Tao Suquan, Mao Dunchanyu tortured Zhang Qian and his party, and one of the accompanying attendants said that the purpose of this trip to the west was to make friends with the Da Yuezhi and jointly attack the Xiongnu.Mao Dun Shanyu looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, scolding Liu Che for being an ignorant child, for choosing such an opponent to check and balance the Xiongnu, so he ordered to kill all the envoys of the Western Han Dynasty immediately, leaving no one behind. At this time Zhang Qian saw that there was no way to hide it, so he revealed the secret of the Emerald Glass Palace to Mao Dun Shanyu.After talking with Zhang Qian, Mao Dunshan asked Zhang Qian to swear to find the Emerald Glass Palace for him, and also betrothed a princess of the royal family to him to have a son in the Huns.

Mao Dun Shanyu thought that if Zhang Qian's wife and son were detained, Zhang Qian would definitely obey him.Three years later, he returned all the treasures and attendants brought by Zhang Qian, and claimed that in order to humiliate the Western Han Dynasty, he had demoted Zhang Qian to the lowest level of shepherd, grazing in the frontier. In fact, Zhang Qian had already headed westward with countless treasures, and under the escort of the Xiongnu army, he came to the territory of the ghost country in the Western Regions.He contributed all the gold, silver and jewels he brought from the Western Han Dynasty to Daze King Alizi, who was already blind. In order to build an underground golden city, the people of the ghost country in the Western Regions were already in dire straits.

The huge amount of gold brought by Zhang Qian made Alizi very excited. He also regarded Zhang Qian as the honored guest of the ghost country in the Western Regions, and he even performed the ceremony of honored guest every day.Zhang Qian stayed in the ghost country for seven years. During the seven years, he thoroughly studied the historical changes of the ghost country in the Western Regions. He even participated in the design of the underground golden city. Back then in the Ghost Kingdom of the Western Regions, Zhang Qian became the most tyrannical King Daze's favored courtier. During the seven years, he did not inquire about any more secrets of the Emerald Glass Palace.Only Alizi has seen the real Emerald Glass Palace in the whole ghost country. Even Zhang Qian, who loves Zhang Qian very much, Alizi did not reveal a word.

Zhang Qian stayed in the Ghost Country of the Western Regions for seven years, but failed to achieve his goal. He knew that if he didn't go back, he would surely die outside the frontier in this life.Therefore, he bid farewell to Daze King Alizi, who was busy with the casting of the Golden City, and Zhang Qian's gold and silver had already been exhausted, so Alizi did not keep him. After leaving the ghost country, Zhang Qian did not return to the Central Plains immediately, nor did he go back to see the Huns' Mao Dun Chanyu. He went to the Wusun Kingdom, which is the closest to the ghost country.Zhang Qian stayed in the Wusun Kingdom for a year, and inquired into the Wusun Kingdom's geography, military and other conditions in detail. After everything was done, Zhang Qian returned to the Central Plains.

Seven years later, Zhang Qian led more than 300 entourages and tens of thousands of gold, silver, cattle and horses to serve Wusun again. This time he sneaked into the ghost country again and inquired about some valuable things.Soon after, the Wusun Dynasty and the Ghost Kingdom of the Western Regions went to war. Fourteen years later, Princess Xijun, the first princess in China who went out of the fortress, married Wusun with the treasure recorded in the history books of "given rides, public servants and imperial objects to prepare officials and servants for hundreds of people, and present them as gifts". .

Four years later, Princess Xijun died, and Abeli, the mighty general of the Wusun Dynasty who conquered the West, led his army to capture the ghost kingdom of the Western Regions, captured the jade bone of the spirit beast of King Alizi of Daze, and secretly opened the underground golden city. Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli were stunned when they heard what Miss Lin said.This unofficial history that Tao Suquan deciphered vividly destroyed Zhang Qian, a great man of the generation in China and the pioneer of the Silk Road. Ms. Lin sneered and said, "Princess Xijun's entire experience before leaving the fortress was recorded on the Western Region parchment scrolls, and the author of the Western Region parchment scrolls, do you know who it is?" An idea flashed in Yuan Sen's mind, and he said, "Could it be Zhang Qian himself?" Ms. Lin nodded and said, "That's right. He wrote down all these events himself. Some details are not even known to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che. It is said that the purpose of his keeping the parchment scrolls is for someone who is destined." It is very strange that the underground golden city and the emerald glazed palace were not built in Xinjiang, but in Helan, Ningxia, which is thousands of miles away from Xinjiang. There seems to be a huge doubt here. Tao Suquan said in the records that when Alizi found the Emerald Glass Palace, he accidentally discovered a mysterious tribe here. This tribe was strange and mysterious. Aliz's troops fought several tough battles with this tribe and suffered heavy losses. Aliz knew there was a problem.Therefore, he used a lost ancient magic to talk to the leader of the tribe and reached a settlement. Aliz agreed to build a huge underground tomb for the tribe, and the two sides will draw a boundary here and never invade. Aliz's spirit guards are above, and all the tribe's tribe live in the huge underground mausoleum.Zhang Qian only briefly mentioned this story at the time, and it is said that Aliz told him while he was drunk while drinking with him. Yuan Sen immediately thought of the shadow man they met in the mountainside. Could it be that the huge mausoleum was built by Aliz for the shadow man? Ms. Lin said: "About this issue, Tao Suquan devoted a lot of energy to researching it. He said in the deciphering record that Aliz used the lost magic to communicate with this mysterious tribe. It is very likely that this tribe is related to the Western Region ghosts. Like China, they are descendants of the one-eyed people in the Altai Mountains. And the Emerald Glass Palace buried deep under the Helan Mountains must also be related to this ancient tribe that grew up in the Helan Mountains." Yuan Sen kept recalling the details of what he encountered in Helan Mountain. If Mu Zhai is the descendant of the ghost country in the Western Regions, then the strange villain statues recorded on the ghost ghosts that were differentiated from the jade bones of spirit beasts are similar to those of Mu Zhai. Customs are surprisingly similar, what does this mean? The spirit beast jade bones originally did not belong to the Ghost Kingdom of the Western Regions, but the sacred objects of the Gulyfia tribe. If the custom of Muzhai is passed down by the one-eyed people, does that mean that the Gulyfia tribe is also one-eyed? descendants of man? The four of them analyzed the whole process as they walked, and under the illumination of the tactical lights, the C-119 transport plane that landed in the deep cave was already in sight. Yuan Sen suddenly said to Miss Lin: "Your name is Lin Wan, right? Xie Wang'an is in your hands?" Ms. Lin was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I believe Xie Wangan has told you all about his experience in Muzhai. I am the Lin Wan who died and came back to life." Yuan Sen sneered and said, "How could Dai Li's granddaughter die so easily? There are so many methods passed down by your military commanders. The resurrection is just a way to scare Xie Wang'an, right?" Lin Wan said: "Xie Wang'an was just a tool I borrowed to escape from Muzhai. He knew so many things. I didn't kill him just to repay him for saving my life. But those dead people in Miaozhai died for him. " Yuan Sen snorted coldly and said, "You are so vicious!" The black-masked man opened the iron door of the cargo compartment, and four people entered in a file. The black-masked man searched the cabin for a while, and said, "The trigger button for the explosion is here." Yuan Sen and Lin Wan walked over together, and saw a hidden button box in the iron wall at the rear of the cargo compartment. The box has been opened, and there is a red button inside. This is the explosive activation device of the ten-ton BLU-FB heavy bomb. . Lin Wan glanced at Yuan Sen and said, "Do you want to detonate it?" Yuan Sen said: "Once it detonates, everyone here will die." Yuan Sen suddenly thought of a question, and said, "You also came down by this plane, did you see who was driving the plane?" Lin Wan said: "We and your Professor Yang Jian were all led to the miasma area by one person, and passed out after being poisoned by the miasma. When we woke up, we were trapped among the moths." Yuan Sen said: "Is there another group of people besides us?" Lin Wandao: "More than 20 years ago, the high-level US military suffered heavy losses in Helan Mountain, and because of international relations, they had long since given up on the secret development of the parchment. So far, there are only two teams of us." Yuan Sen thought about the process for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Of course, he couldn't believe what Lin Wan said. His grandfather Dai Li started his career by dishonesty, let alone her.But if Lin Wan wasn't playing tricks in it, who would it be who was hiding in the dark? Lin Wan said: "I have seen the map of the deep cave drawn by Tao Suquan. There is no way out here. Whether we detonate the bomb or stay here, we will die." Yuan Sen said angrily: "Tao Suquan is not a god, he just drew a sketch based on ancient books, how can it be accurate. Moreover, Helan Mountain is a violent earthquake zone, and there are traces of tearing the mountain everywhere. It is difficult to search for such big holes and small holes. There is no guarantee that an exit will not be found." Four people sat around the detonation button, and Yuan Sen turned off the light in order to save the battery of the tactical light, and the surroundings fell into boundless darkness.Everyone fell silent, and no one spoke. Lin Wan was the only one who insisted on detonating the bomb, and now even she was a little shaken. A quarter of an hour passed, and no one spoke. The four of them were weighing and considering, but none of them could decide to pay attention.Yuan Sen believes that even if the note was really written by Professor Yang Jian, it must not be his original intention, and there must be something wrong with it. When everyone was deep in thought, the button to detonate the bomb suddenly sounded "beep-beep-beep--" and the detonation button was flashing non-stop, and the display screen above the button started from 60 seconds countdown. Yuan Sen shouted, "Run—" He pushed Bahar Guli out first, and Lin Wan also ran out of the cargo hold. Yuan Sen followed behind Lin Wan, and the black-faced man was cut off. The four of them ran towards the depths of the deep cave, and when they were escaping for their lives, everyone ran as fast as they could.But at this time, Baharguli always fell off the chain and ran slower and slower, so Yuan Sen had to drag her to run. While running wildly, Yuan Sen had countless question marks in his heart. Who pressed the detonation button? Among the four people, Lin Wan was the most likely.But Yuan Sen had considered this issue long ago, and put himself in front of Lin Wan. If Lin Wan wanted to press the button, she would have to step over Yuan Sen. The possibility of her could be ruled out. The black-faced man was also next to Yuan Sen, and Yuan Sen could also observe his movements. The person closest to him was Bahar Guli.Yuan Sen can tell her that she can rest assured, and there is no need for her to risk her life to detonate the ten-ton BLU-FB heavy bomb. All four can rule out detonating the bomb, so who pushed that button?Could there really be the invisible man that Carter Powell wrote about in his notes? The four of them ran a hundred meters away, and there was a deafening explosion from behind, followed by a huge wave of air crashing from behind.Because Yuan Sen was dragged down by Bahar Guli, he ran at the end, and the air wave directly lifted him up.The first wave of air waves rose, and the second wave of air waves pushed over, and then the stones on the roof and underground of the deep cave sank one after another. The bottom of the deep cave collapsed like a huge pot. Yuan Sen dragged Bahar Guli to prevent it from being blown away by the air waves. Their bodies fell into a state of weightlessness at the same time, and they sank along with the chaotic rocks.