Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 38 Buying the Golden Sutra with Gold

Facing Lin You's almost provocative question, Seth's answer was noncommittal: "Just try it and you'll know."

"Just give it a try. No matter how bad the situation is, it will be the same as it is now." Lin You didn't care at all, and there was even some self-mockery in his words.

Seth's shadow made no more sound, silently watching Lin You put the "Black Book of the Dead" back into the book box and stuffed it back into the professor's hands; then he watched him use magic to modify the memories of all the living people present one by one, and finally watched the boy's figure disappear at the exit of the passage, and the shadow of the God of War and Desert gradually faded away.

The episode caused by Lin You is like a stone thrown into the water. After the splash disappears, the water still flows in the predetermined direction. The story of the mummy still develops along the established plot line.

Perhaps the biggest difference from the original story is that the Americans argued endlessly about their inexplicable coma underground.

Some believed that they had inhaled deposited poisonous gas, some believed that it was due to insufficient ventilation and oxygen supply in the underground; others said that they had been hit by a spell or curse left by the ancient Egyptians, but were unanimously ridiculed by their companions - although this statement was closest to reality in all aspects except the identity of the spellcaster.

However, since everyone was fine and had gained a lot, the Americans were still optimistic; they felt that they were at least better than the British. They heard that they found a coffin, but there was nothing in the coffin except a mummy.

The Americans also heard that one person had died in the British team, which was already sparsely populated.

The fat warden, who was inhaling poison gas or being cursed, went mad for no apparent reason and hit his head against the stone wall and killed himself. Now that his body has been dragged out, no one knows what to do with it.

The cause of his death has also become a topic of conversation among Americans.

So far, neither team has come close to understanding the horrors of Hamunatta.

Evelyn learned that the Americans had dug up a Buddhist scripture. She was very upset and pestered the professor to borrow the book to verify whether it was the "Golden Scripture of the Sun" she had been looking for.

How could the American be willing to lend it to him? The professor had read the words on the title page of the sutra and knew that it was a priceless treasure. He even held it in his arms while eating, refusing to let it go for a moment.

For the Americans, even if the expedition did not result in any other discoveries, this scripture alone would have been a huge profit.

Seeing Evelin was still pestering him, Lin You said, "Don't bother, Miss Evelin. That book is not the Golden Scripture of the Sun that you want, but the Black Scripture of the Dead."

Evelin was stunned: “How do you know?”

"I came to Egypt to find these two scriptures. Of course I know what they should look like." Lin You gestured for her to ask the professor for confirmation. "My family has known about the existence of these two books since the Napoleonic era, but only recently did we get a reliable clue."

Evelyn began to get confused as usual: "Didn't you say you came to Egypt to..."

"Summer camp? You don't really believe that nonsense, do you?" Lin You said honestly, "There is no summer camp, and no teachers. The ones who came with me were the old housekeeper and servants of my family. But they were separated from me when the cruise ship sank."

"Which of what you said is true?" Evelyn said angrily, "What happened when you were in prison?"

"What I'm saying now is true." Lin You tried to open his eyes wide. "The time in prison was just to get close to O'Connor and get information about Hamunaptra. He is a survivor who escaped from the City of Death. Isn't it reasonable for me to go find him?" The eight-year-old boy's lies confused Miss Evelyn.

It's not that Evelin is stupid, it's just that as a student who has just left school for a few years and has stayed in the museum for a long time without experiencing too much of the evil of human hearts, coupled with her natural kindness and confusion, even if she can tell that Lin You's nonsense is wrong, she doesn't know how to refute it.

More importantly, as a scholar, Evelyn is obviously more concerned with academic issues, which makes her always consciously or unconsciously ignore many unreasonable phenomena in others.

For example, now, even though she could tell that Lin You was talking nonsense again, Evelyn was immediately diverted by another question: "You said you know the clue to the Golden Scripture of the Sun? Isn't it buried at the foot of the statue of Anubis in Hamunaptra?"

Lin You laughed and asked, "As the name suggests, the Golden Scripture of the Sun is a scripture used to worship the sun god. Why is it buried at the feet of Anubis, the god of death?"

Evely looked at the book in the professor's arms and for the first time hesitated about her previous judgment. "So, it is definitely not the Golden Scripture of the Sun?"

"Believe me, I've seen the information about the two scriptures." Lin You opened his mouth and said something that absolutely could not be believed. "How could the Golden Scripture of the Sun be this dark and horrible?"

The argument between the two was quite loud, attracting other people in the camp one after another.

Seeing the two teams full of curiosity, especially the large number of Egyptian workers brought by the Americans, Lin You decided to play a big trick. Since he was forced to this point by the gods Jupiter and Set, he didn't care whether it would change the direction of the story.

He picked up the backpack that he never took off, shook the bag upwards, and a dozen golden bricks fell to the ground; under the light of the fire, the golden light was dazzling.

Lin You looked around at everyone and said loudly: "This is the deposit I paid in advance. Whoever can find the real Golden Scripture of the Sun and hand it over to me will not only have the gold, but when I return to Cairo, he will get twenty times more gold."

More than one gasp was heard from the crowd.

In front of gold, Mr. Jonathan is always the one who reacts the fastest; he immediately raised his hand and asked: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Believe me; a family that can easily give a child more than a dozen pounds of gold, is it possible that they would refuse to pay for such a small amount of money?" Lin You's voice was full of persuasion. "Besides, even if I don't pay the balance, you won't suffer any loss; the Golden Scripture of the Sun itself is a priceless cultural relic; you can still make a lot of money by auctioning the Scripture."

"That's right!" Jonathan was delighted. "Do you know where the Golden Book of the Sun is? We looked for it today, but couldn't find it."

"I can only be sure that the scripture is now in Hamunaptra, but as for the specific clues, I'm afraid we can only ask real experts to crack it." Lin You passed the ball to Evelyn and the American professor.

He believed that the magic of gold would give the two experts sufficient motivation. Even if they themselves were not moved, their teammates, friends and brothers would urge them to act.

While everyone was arguing, Lin You inadvertently lowered his head and saw many grains of sand suddenly jumping on the smooth surface of the gold brick.

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