Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen Strange Events

Just after dawn, the four-year-old Arslang got up quickly, ignoring his favorite puppy Udi who was sleeping next to him, turned over and got off the kang before he even had time to put on his shoes, so he wanted to run outside. But he couldn't run, because Udi bit his robe, and the puppy's black gem-like eyes were full of pleading and puzzlement.The little boy was anxious: "Udi, good boy! Let me go, Dad is going into the mountains today, I have to hurry, or Dad will have to leave!" As he said that, he couldn't help but think of the little animals he saw last time he went into the mountains with his father.It belongs to Hemu Kanas Township in Burqin County, Altay Prefecture.Arslang's father is a Kazakh forest ranger. Since little Arslang turned four years old, his father will occasionally take him with him during short-term mountain patrols.Like most ordinary children, Arslang likes small animals. When he saw those foxes and squirrels staring at him without running away, he immediately fell in love with the wild primitive land. forest.Especially after Abba let him ride on the back of a red deer for a while, following Abba into the mountains became his favorite thing to do.

Little Udi is a purebred Kazakh shepherd dog. Its parents are loyally guarding the owner's sheep in the sheepfold outside. Only it can accompany the little owner and lie on the soft felt blanket .It likes to play with the little master very much, but since the beginning of summer, the little master has left it several times and gone out alone.At this time, it already knew that the little master was going to abandon itself again, and the fear of being abandoned made it bite the little master's robe tightly, and would not let go of anything. "Udi, hurry up! Let go!" The sound of a horse shoveling has already been heard outside. Little Arslang knew that his father was about to set off, and he was very anxious. He stared at Udi with threatening eyes while grabbing his robe. A corner of his mouth, pulling hard, trying to get out of Udi's mouth.

"Woohoo!" Udi gave full play to his spirit of not fearing hardship and death, and never let go of what he said. Just when the person and the dog were confused, outside the yurt, little Arslang's father, Kumbek, had already mounted his horse. "Did you bring the dry food and the water bottle?" Although his wife Senea had checked him countless times, she was still worried. "Bring it on! Bring it on! Women are long-winded!" Kunbek actually loves his wife very much, but he is just a man, and his mouth is always unyielding, especially when he lived on horseback since he was a child and has a hero's blood in his body. Kazakh men, they always seem to feel that a few soft words to their wives will detract from their heroism.

"Hey! Arslang must be very sad!" Knowing the child is more like the mother, how could Seneya not understand the thoughts of her only son. As soon as I mention that beautiful little boy, think of that soft body with a scent of frankincense and his pink apple face, I don’t know how to be sad later, even my hard-hearted father My heart softened: "I can't help it. The time and route to visit the mountain this time are too long, so it's really inconvenient to take him there. You can coax him well, and just say that Dad will bring him a gift when he comes back! If he goes too far, Just say, how can the majestic 'Lion King' cry?" "Arsirang" means "lion" in Kazakh, and Kunbek has high expectations for his children.

After finishing speaking, Kunbek straightened his body, and the horse under his crotch obeyed his orders and shot out like an arrow. "Abba——" the little boy finally got out of the dog's mouth, and what he saw was the back of his father galloping away on the horse. Under the sadness, he couldn't help crying loudly.But he didn't know that the crying seemed to indicate some kind of bad luck, which made him never see his father again for a whole summer! "Captain! You are still smart! Hehe!" Seeing Daqi descending from the sky bravely, the "little monk" smiled and went forward to help him untie the rope.

Da Qi glared at him angrily, ignored him, and looked up at the environment in private. If the upper part of the hole is a funnel, then the lower part is an inverted funnel.Looking up from the bottom, the sky is only a small piece.With such a special terrain, it is no wonder that it is not easy for people who fall to get out. Right now it is the midsummer of July. Although the altitude here is not low, it is far from the snow line, but it is cold below. "Head, look at that!" Zhang Guozhu seemed to know what he was surprised, and pointed to an ice wall and said to him. It turns out that this place is indeed an ice cave formed when the glaciers had not yet degraded. Although the surface glaciers have degraded at this time, because they are 50 meters below the surface and the terrain is special, they can maintain a relatively low temperature, similar to the ice cellars dug by ancient people. , I don’t know if these ices have been preserved for hundreds or thousands of years?

The more Qi Zhiguo looked at it, the more frightened he became. This place really looks like a natural ice cellar. Fortunately, the soldiers fell down for a short time. After finding something wrong, they gathered at the entrance of the cave. One is where the temperature is the highest, and the other is trying to get out.Fortunately, no one has had a strong discomfort yet, but after a long time, if you don't freeze to death, you will frostbite your arms and legs or something. Now that he knew that the environment here was harsh, Da Qi didn't want to waste time. He wrapped the rope he untied from himself just now around the "little monk" beside him: "Old rules, come one by one, I'm last!"

"Wait!" The "Little Monk" yelled, "Captain, don't worry, there is another good thing you haven't seen!" "Good thing? What good thing?" Da Qi was puzzled when he heard this. Could it be a blessing in disguise for the few of them, and found some treasure? I can’t blame him for thinking this way. Since they accepted the task of protecting Chu Feng and others for investigation a month ago, everyone saw things that would only appear in novels or movies appearing in reality one after another, and found a lot of treasures, so I’m sorry. These things have been immune, no surprises.

However, he soon realized that he was wrong!Big mistake!Strange things happen every year, especially this year!And his nerves were far from being as tough as he thought, at least when facing the huge monster in front of him, he couldn't keep his face from changing! Although the temperature of this natural ice cellar is very low, for Da Qi who just came in, it can be tolerated for a short time.After the team members exercised for a while, there were no major problems.Obviously, they had seen the huge monster a long time ago, leading Da Qi into the belly of the ice cave without any light.

After seven turns and eight turns, the "little monk" who was leading the way suddenly shone his small flashlight to the front right: "Be careful, there is a pool of water over there, the water must not be shallow!" It is quite normal to have a pool here, Da Qi thought.The temperature here is probably not constant all year round. If the weather outside is hot to a certain extent, it will definitely be affected inside. There will always be ice melting into water, which will accumulate into puddles over the years.It's just that he didn't think how deep the pool could get.

His mind was quickly attracted by the huge monster illuminated by the flashlight by the pool: "This is..." "Yes, Commander, this stele is the one we saw in Lop Nur last month! We were excavating at the bottom of the stele, and I accidentally knocked off a small piece at the root, you see, it is Here!" Zhang Guozhu pointed to the small gap at the base of the stele for Da Qi to see. Da Qi was stunned by the news, what's going on?First, the tent of the expedition team, which was washed away by the flood, appeared on the bank of Tianchi Lake, which is about 2,000 meters above sea level, and then this cumbersome stone tablet weighing dozens of tons appeared on the mountainside of Bogda Peak?Are you dreaming today? In order to verify the doubts in his heart, he pinched the "little monk" beside him. "Hey! Captain, why are you pinching me!" The "little monk" looked aggrieved. "See if I'm dreaming. That's fine, now I know I'm not dreaming!" Da Qi replied impatiently, circling around the stone tablet. "If you want to know if you're dreaming, don't you pinch yourself?" The voice of the "little monk" was like that of a wronged daughter-in-law, which caused other people to laugh, but Da Qi ignored it. The stele is still standing here, why did Da Qi hear the voices of the "little monk" and Lao Xing on the ground just now?That's because they climbed to the top of the stele to talk.The entire cave is only 30 meters high, and the stele can almost reach the top of the cave. When the cold air hit, Da Qi realized that they had stayed in this big ice cellar for too long.Why did this stele disappear from its original place out of thin air?And why is it here?He can't figure out these things for a while, if he can't figure it out, let's not think about it!Take the person out first, otherwise the body temperature will be too low, and there will be trouble. Thinking of this, Da Qi waved his hand: "Okay, this matter is over here, let's go out first." Then he led the people to climb out one by one along the rope. Back on the north bank, Da Qi and the others hastily explained to the person in charge of the Tianchi Fishery Administration, asking the south bank not to let anyone go there for the time being, while they led the team members down the mountain quickly.What he discovered today was unbelievable, and he had to report it to his superiors. "I said, you are about to fall into the pile of books recently! How is it? Have you gained anything?" The person who said this was Ling Ning. She was in William's room, and when she saw the bed full of books, she asked William: " What books are you reading?" Ling Ning picked up a copy of "Origin of the Gods" and threw it away; picked up another copy of "Illustrated American Totem" and threw it away; picked up "The Twelfth Celestial Body" and threw it away...? "Yo! There's also James George Fraser, are you going to be a wizard or a magician?" Ling Ning originally thought that William Lin would definitely be cramming with books about Loulan and the history of the Western Regions at this moment, but no. Thinking of him seeing all these irrelevant things. Seeing her expression, William raised the "Travel in the Inner Asia" in his hand: "Look, Sven Hedin! And Stein, I have read both of their books. Both of them are recognized by the archaeological circles of the modern Western Regions. I don’t expect to surpass these two seniors in my life, but I have my own advantages.” As he spoke, William picked up the “Illustrated American Totem” that Ling Ning had thrown away, and said triumphantly: “I But there is an amazing discovery!" This sentence made Ling Ning laugh "puchi": "Come on, you have only read a few books, and you are ashamed to say that you have made an amazing discovery!" "Hey! Don't you believe me! Let me show you this!" William opened the book and turned it to the pages about the Mayan civilization, "I found it! Look!" Ling Ning leaned over suspiciously. She has also heard of this Mayan myth. There are five legends about World Days in the Mayan civilization.The first four World Days all fell during the "Time of the Flood", and in particular the last day of the Fourth World Year was December 31, 2012.This record in the Mayan calendar once caused a global doomsday panic, and everyone thought it was a prediction that the earth would encounter a catastrophe in 2012. And in this "Illustrated American Totem", as the fifth world day when a new round of reincarnation begins, the most important totem image is the frogman!In Mayan mythology, frogmen are heroes who save the world from floods. "Look at the frogman, does it look familiar?" William was stunned when he saw Ling Ning, so he had to remind him. "You really do say that! It looks familiar." As soon as Ling Ning saw the image of the frogman totem, he felt that something was wrong, and when William reminded him, he suddenly realized that it was indeed familiar. But where did I see this similar image?Ling Ning felt that his own experience was very simple. Apart from participating in an inspection with Chu Feng, he just stayed in school.School?Impossible, I absolutely did not see this in school.With such a deep impression, I should have seen the real thing somewhere. "It's on the coffin!" Ling Ning thought about his experience, and remembered a similar pattern he saw. "That's right! It's the colored coffin of the Loulan people! Whether he is the King of Loulan or the Prince of Loulan, it must be true that he is a Loulan person. The pattern on the colored coffin of the Loulan people is almost the same as the image of the Mayan savior , What's going on?" William Lin said interrogative sentences, but his expression became more and more excited, as if he didn't care about the answer at all, but was enjoying the process of discovery. "Like! Really like!" Ling Ning murmured.She and Professor Ling rushed to the tomb just after Chu Feng confirmed that it was the tomb of King Loulan. Later, she also participated in the opening of the main tomb. After the colorful coffin was unearthed, she also carefully observed it. At present, the tomb has basically been confirmed as the tomb of King Loulan, but because no words have been unearthed from the tomb, it is still unclear which king the owner of the tomb is.But Chu Feng insisted that it should be the tomb of Zhenda, the son of Bilong, the last Loulan king.As students of Chu Feng, Ling Ning and Lin William certainly supported their teacher's point of view, so they did not recognize the so-called "official statement". Ling Ning still clearly remembered that at the two ends of the colored coffin, near the bottom, there were indeed two upright frogmen images, one on each side, and she was still puzzled at that time.The top of the colorful coffin is decorated with birds with beautiful tail feathers and phoenix crowns, which were unanimously judged to be phoenix birds by the experts present at the time.People in Loulan were deeply influenced by Han culture, so they worshiped the Han people's totem "Feng" and carved it on the coffin where the king rested, which makes sense.But why can frogs get such treatment? Of course, experts have also given a lot of explanations.For example, the Loulan people lived by the Lop Nur Lake at that time, and there were many frogs in the water, and their crops may have encountered many locust plagues and insect plagues. It is likely that the Loulan people discovered that frogs are the natural enemies of locusts, so they worshiped frogs. Ling Ning still remembered that Chu Feng scoffed at this statement.Chu Feng believes that, as a Chinese nation with thousands of years of agricultural civilization inheritance, they don't worship frogs as "a good helper for farmer uncles". Those who say that Loulan people worship frogs because they eat pests are simply ridiculous. "It's quite ridiculous!" Looking at the frogman totem of the Maya, and recalling the explanation given by those experts at that time, Ling Ning unconsciously said what was in his heart. "What's ridiculous?" Chu Feng, who had just stepped into the door, just heard this sentence.