Shiry Yang stared at me with a straight face.
I said, "That's unfair.
I always thought he was not steady.
I didn't expect that thing to fall so hard."
"You're pissing me off."
She rolled her eyes at me, then knelt down to pick up the pieces.
The fat man disagreed: "It's all broken.
At worst, I'll give him a similar one.
If it doesn't work, we'll glue it back with paste.
To tell you the truth, when I was a child, I was very meticulous in my handiwork, and I often brought small red flowers in labor class. " Mr.
Xue murmured: "Why is it yellow sand?
Why is there yellow sand in the bottle?"
I saw that he looked wrong and seemed to have something to hide, so I hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
He pulled out the set of books he had copied recently, pointed to a page of rice paper and said, "Come here and see if we have seen the pattern of this coin before."
It was a graphite rubbing.
There was an ancient coin the size of a fist printed in the center of the picture.
It was square on the outside and round on the inside, and the whole was in the shape of a rhombus.
The front of the ancient coin is engraved with different inscriptions, and the back is inlaid with a double snake plate pattern, which coincides with the markings we found in the Armadillo Cave.
"This is the ancient coin that Mr.
Chui brought.
I brought a copy when I was sorting out the information.
If my guess is correct, it should be a town treasury coin."
We all know that the official furnace money market will give priority to casting a batch of large and overweight coins to ward off evil spirits before opening the molds to mint coins, which is also commonly known as the pressure and is a special bet for the treasury.
"Then is there any connection between this town treasury coin and the ancient town treasury city we want to investigate?"
"This Zhenku coin should be produced locally.
I did a little research and found that there was indeed an oasis deep in Taklimakan called Zhenku.
However, the historical records are not comprehensive and I did not find much description about it. .
The information you found in the Armadillo Cave last time has a lot to do with it.
If you can study that document thoroughly, it may be helpful to investigate the Zhenku Coin. " We were very curious when we heard that an ancient city near Jingjue was named "Zhenku".
The fat man was the first to ask: "Is this place rich in coins, equivalent to the mint of ancient countries?"
Mr.
Xue Erye nodded in praise: "Yes, according to historical records, Zhenku is indeed affiliated with Jingjue.
The local area is rich in mineral resources and close to the oasis.
The origin of the word Zhenku may be closely related to it."
"That's weird.
Mr.
Chuai risked his life and sneaked into the town treasury, and finally stole a jar of yellow sand."
I weighed the broken porcelain pieces in my hand, trying to find the answer from Mr.
Xue.
At this time, Lao Chuai suddenly broke into the door, holding two kitchen knives in his hand: "You evildoer, this is a life-saving thing.
I asked you to smash it without even looking at the front.
Hu Bayi, I'm not done with you." " "You have to speak responsibly," the fat man advised him earnestly, "What do you mean by not even looking at your face?
Everyone sees it seriously, just a handful of yellow sand, which will be blown away by the wind.
It’s all in the house.
If you want to go dig at the construction site, you won’t be afraid of being laughed at if there’s anything valuable.”
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"You can't say that," Mr.
Xue analyzed.
"We have compared the patterns on the bottom of the porcelain vase, and they coincide with the patterns on the Zhenku coins.
If it is not a matter of life and death, I believe that Cuizu Mountain will not If the content in the suicide note is true, I think this bottle of mysterious sand is the key to what was written in Tuizushan's letter, and it may be able to suppress the onset of ghost eyes."
After hearing this, Lao Cai dropped the kitchen knife, strode forward, took the porcelain piece from my hand and held it in his palm.
Seeing the look on his face that was about to cry but without tears, I thought to myself that this was going to be a big fuss and maybe someone would die.
If we were to investigate seriously, most of the responsibility would lie with me; if I hadn't been careless and had to open the porcelain bottle on the spot, I wouldn't have caused so many troubles.
"Okay, it's all gone, there's no point in crying.
I'll take care of this matter, and I'll take care of it to the end."
"You put it lightly," Lao Cai yelled hysterically, "There's nothing left, not even a grain left for me, so what do you care about?"
"Let's go to the town treasury."
Shiry Yang said decisively, "I can't think of any other way at the moment.
Mr.
Chui's time is precious, and we are responsible for the trouble.
We will be responsible to the end."
A return to the desert is imminent.
The fat man was eager to give it a try.
He said that if he had not been active for too long, his muscles and bones would already feel itchy.
Moreover, several of us had experience in desert exploration.
As the saying goes, it would be easy to find the ancient city of Zhenku.
Lao Chuai insisted on walking together.
Although his health was not suitable for participating in long-distance bumpy journeys, he repeatedly emphasized that he did not have much time and if he had to die, he would rather die on the road.
I couldn't find any reason to refuse his request.
The search time was tight.
The doctor diagnosed that Lao Chuai's condition had entered an advanced stage and he would gradually lose his ability to move in the next two months until the blood in his body finally coagulated and died. die.
In order to get on the road as soon as possible, we went straight to Xinjiang without any luggage.
All supplies and equipment were entrusted to the staff of the branch to be relayed along the way.
After more than thirty hours of overnight trekking, the group of four finally arrived at the deep hinterland of Taklimakan.
Returning to the desert again, the three of us sighed a lot.
Thinking of the archaeological team members who had died in this yellow sand, everyone was silent along the way.
It was Lao Chuai's first time in the desert, and he was very excited, whether because of excitement or fear, but he never stopped talking.
We have a tight schedule and urgent tasks, and we have no intention of pretending.
The guide, Aunt Ram, assured me with a clear face: "Young man, I will lead a team like yours three or four times a year.
There is nothing to worry about.
As long as the envelope is thick enough, God will not Ask more.”
I was too lazy to explain, and promised to wrap up a Geely seal after arriving safely.
Aunt Ram was driving the camel team, smiling particularly joyfully.
Lao Cai said vigilantly: "It's not a good thing to show wealth."
I had to reassure him: "Auntie has already regarded us as tomb robbers.
We can only come and go frequently after negotiating a good price.
Her family lives locally, you can borrow a hundred She doesn't dare to take advantage of others."
"You checked very carefully."
"I've suffered a lot, and I'm afraid.
We're short on time, so there's no need to talk in circles with her.
We've already said it, so people can rest assured."
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Shiry Yang and Aunt Ram constantly checked the map and adjusted the route.
That night when we were camping in the Gobi, she walked to the campfire with a serious look on her face to talk to me.
"It's not easy to deal with things in the ancient city."
She stumped me as soon as she started speaking.
We have accurate coordinate maps and literature on hand, and we have done enough homework when we came here.
I can describe Zhenku City with my eyes closed.
I really don’t understand why Shiry Yang said such depressing words.
The fat man was resting among the camels.
When he heard us talking, he rubbed his eyes and came over.
Shiry Yang sighed and spread the drawings in his hands in front of us: "I checked the route with Aunt Ram during dinner.
She said that the place we want to go is an oasis, where the Construction Corps settled two years ago. , has now been developed into a transit hub, where residents of nearby villages and caravans along the way will gather to exchange supplies and pack up.
To put it bluntly, it is a bustling market. " The fat man was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to react: "Oh shit, the ancient city we were looking for was demolished by them."
The unexpected changes made my forehead feel swollen.
I looked in the direction where Aunt Ram was resting.
She seemed to be sleeping soundly while leaning on the hump.
Shiry Yang probably saw what I meant, and continued: "I asked all the questions I needed to ask.
She said she had never heard of any ancient city ruins nearby, but according to our description, it was almost the same.
What we were looking for was That oasis is right.
At the current speed, we will reach our destination at noon tomorrow.”
Lao Chuai was soundly asleep in front of the campfire.
I can't imagine how he will react tomorrow.
"Let's talk about it when we enter the oasis tomorrow.
If the oasis is really built on the ruins of the ancient city, there will be some traces left when it was renovated and renovated.
Aunt Ram doesn't know, and it doesn't mean that the local residents don't know either.
Lao Cai leaves it to me. communicate."
After we finished chatting, we began to speculate on the reasons for the disappearance of the ancient city.
In the end, the chat became more and more outrageous, and we even came up with reasons such as miracles and ghosts.
I didn't sleep all night, my mind was groggy, and I kept thinking about things about Zhenku City.
Judging from the information we have, its geographical location is extremely advantageous and it also occupies a prominent position in the history of Jingjue.
However, the relevant historical materials, including the documents handed down from the Jingjue Kingdom itself, have very few descriptions about it, as if they had been deliberately erased.
Even in the two thin-cover books left by Partridge Whistle, although there are a large number of reference notes involving the Grama clan, there is no mention of the existence of Zhenku City.
We don't know whether he didn't know the existence of this ancient city at all, or whether he maintained some kind of tacit understanding with his predecessors.
Looking at the fish-white sky, I gradually became tired, and when it was almost dawn, I fell asleep in a daze
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