Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 65 Entering the Western Frontier

Shirley Yang's father, Yang Xuanwei, organized an expedition team of archaeologists from both countries to go deep into the desert three years ago, but all of them disappeared.

And Xiao Ran's father, Xiao Changfeng, also went missing a few years ago on an investigation trip to Western Xinjiang.Now on the list given to him by Shirley Yang, Xiao Changfeng's name is impressively listed.

That is to say, Xiao Changfeng joined Yang Xuanwei's archaeological team three years ago, and was one of five archaeologists, and finally disappeared into the vast desert with his companions.

He remembered that his second uncle had said that his father went to Xijiang because he got clues about the fragments of the Faqiu seal.Could it be that that fragment is also related to the Jingjue Kingdom ruins?
No wonder Shirley has always looked at him strangely. Maybe Shirley Yang started to pay attention to him when Professor Chen recognized him and mentioned his father's name.

This is not just as simple as sympathizing with each other, but the fate of each other is really intertwined in this way.

Xiao Ran looked at the list, his hands trembling.In addition to his father, his mother also went to Xijiang together. Although she was not included in the list as an archaeologist, she must have disappeared into the sea of ​​sand with her father.

The hateful thing is that apart from that heartache, he still can't remember too many details about his parents.

Xiao Ran wanted to discuss it with his second uncle, but his second uncle didn't come back until night.Unable to wait any longer, Xiao Ran packed up his things, and brought the yarrow and yin and yang mirror.

He picked up the Guanshan knife, thought for a while and put it down. After all, this time the journey was far away, and he had to pass through many central cities, so it was not as easy to fool the inspection as last time.

Early the next morning, he went out with a simple bag, and Liu Shengli opened the door early and sent him away respectfully.

Xiao Ran thought to himself, this kid is getting more and more reliable, and this time he has to bring some special products back to him.

Before leaving, he handed an envelope to Liu Shengli and asked him to pass it on to his second uncle.In the letter, he briefly described the itinerary, the information Shirley Yang disclosed to him, and so on.

The train went west all the way, Xiao Ran was very lucky, he was not in the same sleeper car as the fat man, so he was spared from the poison of stinky feet.

Looking at the flat yellow land outside the window, Xiao Ran had mixed feelings. He wondered what kind of changes would be waiting for him this time, whether he could find the trace of his parents, and the fragments for which his father might have given his life... …

Just as he was thinking, Hao Aiguo came to greet him suddenly: "Comrade Xiao, Professor Chen asked you to go over to hold a meeting..."

When he got to Professor Chen's box, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were already there.

Professor Chen said: "Let's go to Xijing tomorrow morning, pick up my three students, and we'll be all together, and then we'll go straight to Urumqi. Now I want to discuss the route with Captain Hu. Xiao Ran, you can also Make suggestions..."

Xiao Ran waved his hands again and again: "I don't have much experience, so I came with my ears and completely obeyed the captain's arrangement."

Seeing this, Shirley Yang said to Hu Bayi: "The draft we discussed just now is to start from Bosten Lake, look for the channel of the Kongque River in the south, enter the depths of the desert through the channel, and then go down the Ziduan River to find the Jingjue ancient city. I don't know what suggestion you have."

Hu Ba took a look at the route she had drawn on the map, and said, "Going into the desert is not a treat for dinner, and you can't make a decision with your head. This is a Z-shaped route, which is equivalent to going around in the desert."

Shirley Yang asked: "Then how do you think the route should be determined?"

Hu Bayi replied: "It's too early to discuss this now. It's better to wait until we get to the place and find a local guide. You can't follow the map to figure out the route."

Professor Chen nodded in agreement, and felt that there was no rush to formulate the route for the time being, so the meeting ended hastily.

Watching Hu Bayi return to his private room, Xiao Ran called Shirley Yang to the end of the carriage corridor, and asked, "Miss Yang, I want to ask about that list..."

Shirley Yang interrupted him and said: "To be honest, when my father left, he took most of the materials related to that expedition. This list is not the original version, I copied it based on the scratches in his notebook. It seems that this is the will of God, which brought our two family members together, and I hope we can find our family members smoothly."

Shirley Yang patted Xiao Ran's shoulder, seeing Xiao Ran's dejected expression, unexpectedly gave him a gentle hug.

This made Xiao Ran blush. Although he is from modern times, he hasn't had such close contact with a girl for a long time.Although he knew that this hug was purely a courtesy comfort, just a Western style of care.

When the train arrived in Xijing, three of Professor Chen's students got on the train and joined them. They were the big Chu Jian, the gentle Sa Dipeng, and a young girl Ye Yixin.

Professor Chen introduced everyone, Chu Jian and Xiao Ran shook hands, and said cheerfully: "According to seniority, don't you have to call me uncle..."

A group of nine people met here, and the train arrived at Urumqi all the way.

Hu Bayi took out his phone book and rummaged through it, and finally contacted Liu Gang, one of his comrades in the army.The two were very affectionate when they met, and it was rare to see Hu Bayi embrace someone so excitedly, with tears in his eyes.

Shirley Yang said with emotion: "It seems that your habit is to only embrace warmly with people of the same gender."

Xiao Ran said in his heart, you just need to hug Hu, don't wait for Shirley Yang to think that you are crooked, the destined daughter-in-law will also run away.

The fat man said leisurely from the side: "You foreigners don't understand this. This is a friendship that has carried a gun together. The relationship that can be compared to this kind of relationship is to go to the same window together, to whore together..."

Xiao Ran hurriedly interrupted: "Brother Fat, you dropped something!"

The fat man hurriedly lowered his head to search the ground, and asked, "What's missing?"

what?Morality chant...

After Hu Bayi and Liu Gang finished talking about the old days, Liu Gang proposed to invite everyone to dinner, which was regarded as a cleansing.Everyone was tired, especially those few intellectuals who were already weak.

So everyone didn't refuse much, and went to a restaurant to eat roast lamb entertained by Liu Gang.

Liu Gang and Hu Bayi hadn't seen each other for a long time. At the dinner table, the two chatted a lot about interesting things in the army, including some battle scenes.When Hu Bayi talked about the army, he was always full of passion, which made the eyes of those young people look at him full of admiration, and even Shirley Yang had a smile in his eyes.

At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly felt someone pulling his clothes from behind.He turned his head and saw an exotic little boy, and pointed him to the outside of the store.In the tightly clenched little hands, there is a rolled up big unity.

Xiao Ran was puzzled, it looked like someone told him to go out, but he didn't want to say anything.But he has no acquaintances in the local area, who could it be?

Forget it, in broad daylight, is there still someone who wants to attack a big man like him?

Taking advantage of everyone's heated conversation, he got up and went out under the pretext of going to the bathroom.

The little boy led the way, looking back at him from time to time.At the corner of an alley, the little boy got into it.

Xiao Ran curiously followed him, and as soon as he entered the alley, a steel knife was placed on his shoulder with a cold light.A familiar voice also sounded.

"kill!"

(End of this chapter)