Xixia dead book

Chapter 119 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (4)
"Think about it, who would come to this barren mountain, show up every day, and lock himself in the hut at other times?"

"Well, where did he go then?"

"It's so mysterious to come to Helan Mountain at this time, who do you think it could be?" Han Jiang asked back.

"Are you suspicious of Stechkin? But the proprietress said she didn't see any foreigners!"

"Don't forget our old friend."

"Stephen!" Tang Feng exclaimed in surprise, "He has also come to Helan Mountain. It seems that this place is full of murderous intentions, and it is extremely dangerous!"

"Of course, we are still not sure that the person living in this room is Stephen, maybe it is someone else, but I think this person is probably related to what we are looking for." Han Jiang said, and turned the flashlight to other people. Corner, "Let's see what clues this guy can leave behind."

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Tang Feng also turned on the flashlight, and the two searched carefully in the east room.After searching around, only a gray suitcase under the bed caught their attention.They looked at each other, then dragged out the suitcase.The suitcase was unlocked, and they opened it directly with a "click".Tang Feng's heart suddenly turned cold. It seems that there will be nothing important in this box.Sure enough, there were only a set of jackets, a pair of hiking shoes, a pair of gloves, and a few ordinary changes of clothes in the box.

"A master never leaves clues to others easily." Tang Feng said and was about to close the suitcase, but Han Jiang pushed his hands away and pulled out a transparent plastic bag from the neatly folded jacket.Tang Feng was startled, and when he took a closer look, there were several pieces of yellowed paper in the plastic bag.Han Jiang looked at the paper in the plastic bag, then at Tang Feng.

After all, Tang Feng is a professional. He reached out to take the plastic bag in Han Jiang's hand, opened it, carefully took out the few pieces of paper from the bag, opened it, and spread it flat.Only then did I realize that the pieces of paper in the bag turned out to be a map, to be precise, an old map.

"It seems that even experts sometimes miss." Han Jiang opened his eyes wide, trying to get important information from this old map.

Tang Feng took a quick look at the map and said, "This is an old hand-painted map from the period of the Republic of China. It shows the geographical situation of mountains and rivers in Ningxia and the northwest of Gansu."

"Stop rambling, take a picture of this old map, and get out of here first," Han Jiang said.

Tang Feng took out his mobile phone and prepared to take a picture. Unexpectedly, Han Jiang pulled out a miniature camera from his waist like a magic trick: "How can your mobile phone take a clear picture."

"Nonsense, how can I compare with you old spy."

"What old spy, this is called professional!" After Han Jiang quickly took a picture of the map, he put a few pieces of paper back into a plastic bag and put them away as they were.

After doing all this, Han Jiang was about to leave, but Tang Feng grabbed him: "We have been watching for a whole day, but we haven't seen anyone coming in or out of this house. Where do you think the people in the house came from?"

"I think you are getting more and more stupid now. Do you even need to ask?"

Han Jiang led Tang Feng to the window. Tang Feng saw that the window latch of the east room was not inserted. It was obvious that someone entered and exited from the outside for convenience.Looking at the silent mountains outside the window, Tang Feng couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"Stop thinking about it, let's go." Han Jiang put away the camera and took out a small bottle from his waist.Tang Feng was dumbfounded, "You old spy has so many tricks, what are you doing out of a bottle of insecticide?"

"What insecticide, it's an air freshener!"

Han Jiang waved at Tang Feng, signaling him to step back.So the two backed away, while Han Jiang sprayed his "air freshener" on the floor.

The two of them tiptoed out of the east room, went back to the north room, turned on the laptop, connected Han Jiang's camera, the map just now clearly appeared on the computer screen, the situation of mountains and rivers from the Hexi Corridor to Ningxia, river towns one by one The point is displayed in front of them.

"This is an old map from the period of the Republic of China, and it probably marked the exact location of the Black Eagle Temple."

Tang Feng's words reminded Han Jiang, and the eyes of the two moved to Helan Mountain together.But to their disappointment, the twin pagodas at the mountain pass, the Xixia King's Mausoleum at the foot of the mountain and other buildings were clearly marked on the map, but the "Black Eagle Temple" could not be seen.

"It seems that during the Republic of China, no one knew about the Black Vulture Temple." Tang Feng sighed.

Han Jiang nodded in disappointment, and suddenly pointed to the word "Lan" in the three characters "Helan Mountain" on the map: "Look here."

Following the direction of Han Jiang's finger, Tang Feng saw an imperceptible light red circle next to the word "Lan" on the map: "What does this represent?"

"I don't know, maybe it represents a town." Han Jiang guessed.

"Cities and towns?" Tang Feng shook his head, "The towns and cities on this old map are marked with square circles and drawn with ink."

"Ink pen?" Only then did Han Jiang notice the difference between the two.

"And this red circle is specially marked with red ink, which is different from ordinary towns. Besides, you can see that the place marked by it is exactly in the middle of Helan Mountain. That place must be an area with high mountains and dense forests. How could there be town?"

"Oh? Your words reminded me of 'Black Eagle Temple' again." Han Jiang glanced at Tang Feng.

Tang Feng was startled and carefully identified it.He searched carefully next to the red circle several times, but he didn't see the words "Black Eagle Temple".But when his gaze slowly moved westward, his eyes suddenly widened.

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Tang Feng found that a dotted line appeared vaguely on the west side of the red circle, which looked like a dotted line drawn with a pencil. The line was winding and extending westward.

Han Jiang also noticed this imperceptible dotted line: "What is this?"

"Like a seasonal river." Tang Feng guessed based on common sense in geography.

Sure enough, this dotted line went westward, and soon left the Helan Mountains and entered the Tengger Desert, and then the Badain Jaran Desert.

"Mazong Mountain?" Tang Feng continued to look west, but the dotted line no longer appeared.

"From Helan Mountain to Mazong Mountain, what does this mean?" Han Jiang frowned.

"A seasonal river originating from Helan Mountain, flowing on the edge of the desert, and finally disappearing in Mazong Mountain." Tang Feng continued to speculate based on common sense of geography.

"This is your judgment?" Han Jiang heard the hesitation in Tang Feng's tone.

"Is there any other explanation?" Tang Feng asked back.

Han Jiang thought for a while, and said: "According to the general practice of drawing maps, even if this intermittent dotted line represents a seasonal river, there is no need to draw a circle with a red pen at its source. And I have also carefully looked at it just now. Well, there's no text next to the dotted line, and seasonal rivers should have names."

Tang Feng shook his head helplessly, and looked at the map again, but found nothing special: "I can't think of any other possibility other than this explanation."

The two fell silent, and suddenly a voice sounded behind them: "Isn't this a treasure map?"

Both Tang Feng and Han Jiang were startled by the sound, turned around and saw a man standing behind them.At some point, Xu Renyu, who had been sleeping soundly, stood quietly behind them.

"Are you sick? There is no sound when you wake up!" Tang Feng yelled dissatisfied.

"I have a voice!" Xu Renyu looked innocent, "I think you two are too involved in looking at that picture."

Tang Feng still wanted to argue, but Han Jiang waved his hand: "Stop rambling. Doctor, did you just say this is a treasure map?"

"Listen to his nonsense, he deliberately scared us just now!" Tang Feng muttered.

"Who scared you on purpose, this is obviously a treasure map!" Xu Renyu's stubbornness came up.

"How did you see it? Have you seen it before?" Tang Feng asked.

"I haven't seen it." Xu Renyu shook his head.

"Then how do you know that this is a treasure map?" Han Jiang asked.

"Isn't it clearly written on it?"

"Writing?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

"Did you two just look at the map and didn't pay attention to the lower right corner?" Xu Renyu reminded them.

"Ah! Sure enough, there are words here!" Han Jiang said in amazement.

Tang Feng followed the direction of Han Jiang's finger, and sure enough, he saw in the lower right corner of the map written with a pen, "In the 35th year of the Republic of China, Changguo drew a treasure map according to my father's instructions."The characters are very small, coupled with the erosion of the years, I really can't read them clearly if I don't look carefully.

"It's really a treasure map!" Tang Feng became excited, but then fell silent.He thought of the few treasure maps he saw in the lobby at night, and couldn't help feeling cold, and murmured, "Another treasure map popped up..."

Han Jiang was silent. "What's wrong? Stunned?" Tang Feng poked Han Jiang.

"No wonder the man in the east room is interested in the treasure map in the lobby!" Han Jiang remembered what the proprietress said again.

"That's right! It seems that this man really came here for treasure hunting, so he came out at night. It's just...just that the treasure maps of the proprietress are all fake. Is this one real? I left in a hurry just now I didn't check the authenticity of this picture carefully." Tang Feng said doubtfully.

"Tang Feng, just now I was thinking, assuming this picture is a real treasure map, then, with this sentence on the treasure map, a series of questions will follow."

Tang Feng understood Han Jiang's meaning: "Then let's look at the meaning of this sentence first. First of all, this sentence shows that the drawing time is the 35th year of the Republic of China, which is 1946; A treasure map', as far as I know, 'Changguo' is a personal name, and 'According to what my father said' refers to drawing a treasure map according to what his father said, which is the map we see."

"Chang Guo, the person who drew this map, what kind of person would his father be?" Han Jiang asked suspiciously.

"That's unknown."

"Then what kind of treasure is hidden in the treasure map?" Han Jiang pondered for a moment, and then said, "From this point of view, the red circle on the map is not ordinary."

"You mean..." Tang Feng gasped in shock.

"That circle is different, and it probably marks the so-called treasure place." Han Jiang speculated.

"The treasure in Helan Mountain?! Is that related to the Black Eagle Temple we are looking for?" Tang Feng asked back.

Han Jiang lay down in front of the computer screen and checked the treasure map carefully, especially the red circle.But apart from the dotted line that appears next to the red circle, there are no other signs.

"It's really strange. Since it's a treasure map, why isn't it clearly marked? The dotted line twists and turns and extends into the desert. What does it represent? Where is Mazong Mountain?" Han Jiang was confused and couldn't figure it out. doorway.

Tang Feng was also unable to answer Han Jiang's question.Xu Renyu heard some clues from the side: "It's really interesting. There are several groups of people here on Helan Mountain, all of whom came to hunt for treasure."

Tang Feng suddenly thought of something, and said, "Assuming that the location marked by the red circle is the Black Eagle Temple we are looking for, and assuming that the dotted line is the route map for finding the treasure, then let's take a look..."

The three of them gathered together in front of the computer screen to study. "That's not right either. The dotted line on the west side doesn't pass the twin towers of the mountain pass at all. It's obviously different from the route we took." Tang Feng speculated.

"If according to your speculation, why did the person living in the east room come here mysteriously? He should have entered the mountain from another place!" Han Jiang said.

"Speaking of the man who lives in the east room, who is he? Judging from the time, from the 35th year of the Republic of China to the present, most of the people who drew this treasure map are no longer alive. Even if they are still alive, it is impossible to go to Helan Mountain here. Come to treasure hunt." Tang Feng said.

"Besides, he's here to hunt for treasures, so he goes directly into the mountains to find them, so why does he live in this inn and come out mysteriously at night?" Han Jiang became more and more confused as he thought about it.

"I think you are full of food. You ran into someone's house and found a broken treasure map, and you couldn't explain it clearly. You are looking for trouble." Xu Renyu seemed to have finally figured out the origin of the treasure map, "I still think about it." Something we're looking for."

Xu Renyu's words made both Tang Feng and Han Jiang shut up.The two of them couldn't connect the purpose of their trip with the mysterious treasure hunter Dongwu.

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Tang Feng didn't sleep well all night, and it was still dark the next day, and he felt as if someone was standing by the window in a daze.He opened his eyes suddenly and found that it was Han Jiang.Han Jiang stood by the curtain, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out quietly.He put on his clothes and came to Han Jiang's side: "Didn't you sleep all night?"

"Strange?!" Han Jiang didn't seem to answer the question.

"What did you find again?"

"I've been monitoring the east room since last night, but I haven't seen that person come back."

"Nonsense, since he ran out secretly, of course he won't come back from the inn gate."

"Of course I know. You can see the road up the mountain from the back window of our room, and there was no one there all night. Even if he escaped my surveillance and ran back through the window of the east room, there must be some movement , but I heard nothing."

"Maybe you took a nap and didn't notice, that's normal."

Han Jiang didn't answer, Tang Feng looked at his red and swollen eyes: "I'll help you watch, you hurry up and sleep for a while. We have to set off today."

"We're not leaving today," Han Jiang said.

"Not leaving?" Tang Feng was a little surprised.

"Rest for a day before leaving. I want to meet the mysterious man in the east room for a while."

"Then you don't have to keep guard like this! Didn't the proprietress say yesterday that he would come out every morning."

Han Jiang looked at the sky and said, "Let's wait in the lobby, I don't believe we won't see his true face."

Tang Feng had no choice but to follow Han Jiang to the lobby.But the two of them waited from early in the morning until almost 10 o'clock, but they didn't see any movement in the east room.

Tang Feng had no choice but to ask the proprietress.The proprietress shook her head and said: "Today is strange, he would show up in the morning a few days ago, but today is good, he just disappeared."

Tang Feng still wanted to ask, but there was movement from upstairs.Not long after, the young couple who lived in the south room came down with their bags on their backs.

"Are you leaving?" Tang Feng asked.

"Well, we're leaving." The girl replied with a bright face.

The two settled the bill with the proprietress, and walked out of the inn talking and laughing.Looking at the backs of the two people who were drifting away, Tang Feng and Han Jiang fell into deep anxiety at the same time.

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Back in the house, everyone discussed the countermeasures.Han Jiang decided to visit the east room again at night, regardless of whether there was any result, and set off early the next morning.Everyone had to obey his arrangement.

Throughout the day, there were no new customers in the inn, and the proprietress was rarely seen.After dark, the inn is quiet, as if it blends in with the surrounding mountains.

Han Jiang looked at the watch on his wrist, and the pointer slowly pointed to 9:30, but there was still no movement in the east room.The pointer on the watch moved forward minute by minute. At 10:15, when Han Jiang was a little disappointed, suddenly, a clear sound came from the east room.His eyes widened suddenly, the sound obviously exceeded his expectations.How could there be such a big commotion?

Tang Feng was also surprised.But only for a moment, the strange sound stopped again, and the inside and outside of the inn returned to a terrible silence.what is that noiseMessy footsteps?The sound of moving objects?

While Tang Feng was thinking wildly, Han Jiang had already opened the door and tiptoed to the door of the East House.Tang Feng also followed to the door of the East House.Han Jiang stretched out his hand and pushed the door of the east room. Just like yesterday, the door was closed tightly.He took out his "crime tool" as usual, fiddled with the door lock, and opened the door lock.Tang Feng instinctively reached out to push the door, but this time he was pulled back by Han Jiang.He motioned for Tang Feng to follow, and he stretched out his left hand sideways and gently pushed open the door.Tang Feng noticed that at the moment the door was pushed open, Han Jiang quickly took out his Type [-] pistol from his waist.

Tang Feng knew that Han Jiang must have sensed the danger, so he also became nervous.Han Jiang dodged and entered the east room, and Tang Feng also followed his example and dodged to enter.

Han Jiang didn't dare to turn on the flashlight rashly, so he could only slowly grope in the dark.He stood still in the room, observing in the dark.Sometimes this kind of observation is not done with the eyes, but with every organ, every pore, and every cell of the body... After 30 long seconds, he turned on the flashlight.First of all, the bed is as neat as yesterday, and there is no one on it!

Immediately afterwards, Han Jiang looked around the room, but there was still no one there. "What happened to the noise just now?" The scene in the house made Tang Feng unable to suppress his curiosity any longer.

(End of this chapter)