At 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning of the second day, Dong Tong asked people to bring the purchased items in a car. I saw seven or eight big bags and small bags. This does not count as each individual’s luggage. Due to time constraints, we set out a day ahead of schedule, intending to set aside time for rest.
I took the hairballs and sorted out a big rucksack, which contained "Maoshan Secret Essentials", "Maoshan Secret Essentials", "Survey of Falling Stars", Grandpa's Diary, God's Five Thunder Talisman, and Heavenly Master Copper seal, black dog rope, a stack of yellow talisman paper, cinnabar, compass and writing brush. Plus a few changes of clothes. Put on camouflage uniforms with you, wear light walking shoes on your feet, fully armed, and a small backpack!
Li Dazui carried a mountaineering bag on his back, Zhengyang held a baggage similar to ancient times, which was extremely light. There are not many bald-headed luggage. Dong Tong changed into loose-fitting sportswear and put on hiking boots. She alone brought more than a dozen bags, large and small! I laughed as soon as I saw it!
"Miss Dong, bring so many things? Do you think this is going on vacation?"
"Aren't you still there?" Dong Tong was full of disdain. I thought to myself, "I wipe it! Isn't it about using us as cattle and horses?"
"Miss Dong, there is no traffic in the desert. Isn't this just adding traffic to yourself?"
"So, all lost?"
"Xia Xia, we don't have to share one or two each. Besides, there are camels in the desert!" Li Dazui was afraid that Dong Tong would turn his face and hurried out to round the field. "Don't you have it?" Dong Tong smiled slightly, covering his mouth and said, "I am teasing you to play. These are my luggage in Rongcheng. I plan to ask Li Gen to take it back to Hukou Village!"
The face turned green when I heard it, and the feeling girl was molesting me, so you can’t look so good!
Dong Tong picked out a backpack from the inside and said, "Time waits for no one, let's set off at 8 o'clock! The wheels are running away, and it is expected to take a day off in Minfeng County in three days."
"You take my car!" Dong Tong pointed at me! Anyway, I don’t have a car. Whose ride is the same
We originally planned to drive two cars, but Dong Tong insisted on driving by himself, so we were divided into three cars. Dong Tong and I also have a hair ball. Zhengyang and Li Dazui have one. Bald Qiang drives a car by himself. Later, Bald Qiang put the car in halfway and got into Li Dazui's car. Our car kept working day and night, and the two of them took turns to rest, and finally reached Minfeng County in three days and three nights.
It was already morning when the car arrived in Minfeng County. The total population of Minfeng County is 4 million, which is not too big a place. We just found a hotel to stay at random, which is much simpler than inland.
We were divided into three rooms to rest, Zhengyang, Li Dazui and Bald Qiang and I were in one room, and Dong Tong lived in one room by herself.
For a distance of more than 4,000 kilometers, we walked day and night for three days. To be honest, we couldn't afford it, so we stayed in the hotel and slept with our head covered. I didn't even bother to eat lunch. When we got up, it was 7 or 8 o'clock in the night. We had dinner at the Grand Bazaar at night, then returned to the hotel, and the group went straight to Dong Tong's room.
We sat around the woolen pulu, each with a cup of horse milk tea next to each other, and half of the roasted naan was cut.
"Our destination this time is the nine-story corpse tower, not the eye of the desert. Therefore, we have to inspect Niya along the way. After Loulan, we will detour to the ancient city of Spier and look for the ruins of Qule Kingdom!"
I was shocked, where did she know the nine-story pagoda? What an amazing woman, don't underestimate it!
"Then not go to the Eye of the Desert?" The stupid Li Dazui seemed to know nothing.
Dong Tong gave him a white look and said sternly: "I will talk about this in the future. Don't worry! When I went to study in the UK, I found a file sealed in 199 in the Stein Chamber of the British Museum. record of!"
There is a "Stein Chamber" in the British Museum in London. After the Dunhuang treasures taken by Stein arrived in the UK, the documents were partly stored in the Indian Department of the British Library, while silk paintings and silk fabrics were stored in the Stein Chamber of the British Museum. Stein's Secret Chamber, this mysterious warehouse is famous, but there are few explorers. The secret room is only open to scholars studying the Silk Road. Even celebrities and even the former British Prime Minister Blair and Prince Charles will stop consciously when they come to the door.
"The Dong family is really not easy!" I believe that everyone here except Mao Tuan thinks so.
"According to the records inside, after Li Jielai left the tomb of the West Lord in the Eye of the Desert, he and an old man named Xia Youfang lurked to the ancient city of Niya, and then lost his track! In this file, a Soviet spy bought in. A symbol of the local herders. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the archives were returned to the British Museum. As they were related to the exploration of Central Asia, they were hidden in this secret room!"
"Xia Ji, I heard that Xia Youfang is your grandfather, right?" I nodded, there is nothing to say about this.
"You are a descendant of Old Man Xia, and you must be very familiar with the history of Central Asia. Why don't you tell Stein's story while there is still some time?" Stein is a thief of cultural relics from the Western Regions and a famous archaeologist. I have dabbled in this history for a certain period of time, so I have some understanding.
"What does it have to do with my actions?" I asked rhetorically.
"Stop talking nonsense, I found Yuchi Wan'er's record in Stein's notes, you must be interested." Yuchi Wan'er is the name on the marriage contract. I was shocked: "She's not kind!" I thought, "It's probably the old man who said to her, she just wanted to bluff me with this!"
"Stein's notes are very much on the market!"
"Photocopy of the manuscript, do you have one?"
To be honest, I just read a few e-books on the computer. The advanced things like photocopies of manuscripts are not what I can see at all. Besides, I’m blind and blind, I can’t understand them! So I don't want to do more wrangling!
"Well then! About Stein, I only learned from "Stein China Adventure Notes", I will briefly introduce it!" So, according to Stein's four expeditions, briefly Introduced it again.
In 1889, British Second Lieutenant Bauer found an ancient Sanskrit book written in Brahmi script in the ruins of the ancient city of Kuqa in Xinjiang for hunting down the desert thief Dade, mainly recording witchcraft and other contents. This manuscript attracted Stein’s attention, which prompted him to explore Xinjiang.
In 1901, Stein conducted a large-scale excavation around the old course of the Niya River and obtained a total of about 660 cultural relics, most of which were in Zorlu and Chinese bamboo slips. Since then, he also excavated the Andyue site and obtained about one hundred cultural relics. We also discovered the site of the Lavac Diaobo, and obtained many art relics.
"The ancient city of Niya is actually one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions. It has only 30,000 people. It is known as the ancient city of Pompeii in the East and has extremely high archaeological value." I emphasized this sentence.
"Oh! Jingjue ancient tomb was stolen by Hu Bayi a long time ago, and we also stolen a fart tomb!" Li Dazui sighed.
This is really good. My dad and Hu Bayi have a close relationship. That fat Wang Kaixuan blows the Jingjue ancient city so hard, and my dad treats it as fun to coax us to sleep! My dad did archeology. He said that Jingjue Ancient City had only 30,000 subjects, and he would never build such a magnificent tomb.
In 1906, Stein embarked on a two-year second expedition to Central Asia. Stein and his entourage arrived in the Robe Desert and began investigating the Loulan site and obtained more than 500 precious cultural relics. In the following year, Stein arrived in Dunhuang and defrauded a large number of scripture treasures from the royal priests at a low price.
"Oh! This royal Taoist is really going to cut a thousand swords! The treasure of Stein's Chamber, won't it be bought cheaply this time, right?" Li Da's mouth licked his teeth, as if his heart was cut.
"That's right! The royal Taoist was also forgiven. Dunhuang was extremely dilapidated and the royal Taoist went around for repairs. When the Buddhist scriptures were discovered, he also reported to the Yamen for the first time, but the Yamen did not pay attention to it until Stein bought it. Only after the scriptures did the royal priests have the money to repair the Buddhist niches in Dunhuang, and then the government sent people to take away the remaining scriptures. This cannot be entirely blamed on the royal priests, the decline of the country, the people's stupidity, and the tragedy of the times!" I sighed and shook. Shook his head.
In 191, Stein began his third expedition in three years. He revisited Niya, Loulan Sites, Dunhuang, and once again swept away a large number of cultural relics. Frustratingly, he peeled off all the exquisite murals that he could not take away during the second inspection, took away 11 pieces, and completely destroyed the wall. Fortunately, his fourth expedition was stopped in time by the Nationalist government, so the losses caused were not great.
"I heard that Zhang Daqian also stripped the murals in Dunhuang! How different is that from Stein's?" Li Dazui couldn't help but be silly. I didn't bother to pay attention to him, thinking "I'm rubbing! Fifty steps, a hundred steps embarrassing to laugh? These few of us are going to fight back this time, how can we be more upright than others?"
"Well! Judging from Stein's many times of exploring the route, the places he went are all in the ancient Khotan country, right?" Zhengyang remained silent, and finally spoke! Dong Tong smiled and nodded in agreement.
"The Daoist is right. Niya and Andir near Minfeng are the last places where Li Jupang and the others appeared. Their footprints have been all over Shanpura, Karadun, Yotegan, Dandan Ulik, Axpil, Mazhatage, Old Damagou, Magenluck!" I smiled and expressed doubts, "They were just "enemies of the people" at the time. How can they attract the attention of Soviet spies? I am currently Can't figure it out yet."
"Are you suspicious of this file? Uh! That only shows how superficial your understanding of Old Man Xia and Li Jiebao is. Forget it, I guess you don't understand anything!" Dong Tong smiled contemptuously.
To be honest, since I met Old Man Li, weird incidents have continued to occur. I really didn't dare to go through the log left by my grandfather again. What kind of person my grandfather is, another big question mark in my heart!
Later, I learned that all the people, including Bald Qiang, Li Dazui, and Dong Tong, were aiming at my grandfather, "Old Man Xia," before they were willing to risk their lives to help me. From a few words, I probably heard the power of "Old Man Xia", he is a very prestigious person in the school of Zhengyang!
At this time, Dong Tong showed the momentum of a domineering female president, and said to us very rudely!
"I've said it in advance, and I will decide the route! Now, let me announce the route plan!" Dong Tong saw that everyone was silent, and then said, "Let's go to the ancient Populus euphratica forest in Alar city!" Aral city arrived. Minfeng County is 700 kilometers away. We have to take a long detour. We don't know what medicine Dong Tong's gourd sells. But as soon as we heard of the ancient Populus euphratica forest in Alar, we were startled and sweated. All of me were so scared that I almost fell to the ground! (To be continued) (End of this chapter)