Xixia dead book

Chapter 122 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (7)
[Section [-] Black Eagle Temple]

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The strong wind lasted for a long time accompanied by strange noises, before it gradually subsided.Everyone didn't want to sleep, and waited until the dawn in the east.When the early morning fog gradually dissipated, Tang Feng stood in the center of the camp, and then he could see their environment clearly: in the north of the camp, there was a towering mountain peak, and with this mountain peak as the center, from the east and west sides Two mountain ranges protrude from each, extending southward until the south is facing the mountain peak, and the two mountain beams stop abruptly, leaving only a distance of less than ten meters.The mountain walls on both sides are as straight as knives and axes, which is daunting.Surrounded by these mountains, there is a beautiful scenery like a paradise, with towering ancient trees and lush greenery; birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, singing and swallows are dancing. The place where they camped last night happened to be located on a large alpine platform under the North Peak.

"This is really a wonderful scenery." Makarov admired.

"It seems that we came around from behind the North Peak yesterday. If we came up directly from the mountain pass below here, we would have saved so much trouble." Xu Renyu pointed to the narrow pass below the mountain and said.

"How can there be so many possibilities?" Tang Feng retorted Xu Renyu.

Han Jiang was silent. "What are you thinking?" Tang Feng asked.

"The doctor's words reminded me. I was thinking just now, if this is the Black Vulture Temple, when the Xixia royal family came here to burn incense and worship Buddha, how did so many people come up? Can't we walk the cliff like we do? Now it seems The road down the mountain is the right way up!" Han Jiang deduced.

"Come on! Do you see that there is a road leading up from below? Even if there was a road back then, it has long since disappeared." Everyone looked in the direction of Tang Feng's finger, and there was only a large lush forest at the bottom of the mountain, and there was no road at all. .Tang Feng went on to say, "Besides, whether this is the Black Vulture Temple is open to debate! Don't jump to conclusions." Tang Feng was rather rigorous.

"Then how can we judge that this is the Black Vulture Temple?" Makarov asked.

"Of course we need to find more direct evidence. You can't say that this is the Black Eagle Temple just because of the strange noise at night." Tang Feng thought for a while and continued, "Misha once recorded in his notes that in the 20s In the 50s, the architectural ruins of the Xixia period were discovered at the ruins of the Black Eagle Temple, especially the ruins of the main hall. We might as well look for it here."

"Then let's start looking!" After Han Jiang finished speaking, he saw Tang Feng staring at the surrounding woods hesitantly, "Why? Are you scared?"

"You just don't believe what I said. I told you that you will get lost in this forest, but you don't believe it." Tang Feng continued to recount his terrifying experience in the early morning, and Han Jiang waved his hand, "Okay, even if this forest It's easy to get lost here, and it's broad daylight, so what's so scary? Besides, I'm with you!"

When Tang Feng heard that Han Jiang was with him, he calmed down a little.So, Han Jiang asked Yelena, Makarov, and Xu Renyu to stay and guard the camp, while he and Tang Feng set off for the forest north of the camp with weapons and necessary equipment.

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From the camp to the towering north peak, it was covered by a forest. According to visual inspection, it was about a hundred meters away, but this forest once again misled Tang Feng and Han Jiang's judgment. Fortunately, they did not get lost in the forest this time.When they walked out of the woods and looked back, they were about [-] meters away from the camp, and it was estimated that they were still [-] meters away from the North Peak.

The two walked up a dirt slope, Tang Feng suddenly noticed something, and grabbed Han Jiang.

"What's wrong?" Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng.

"This slope..."

"What happened to Tupo?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

Tang Feng squatted down, carefully inspected the soil slope under his feet, and then walked a few steps quickly to climb up to the highest point of the slope.After checking, Tang Feng looked up at the towering North Peak, and finally turned around, staring straight ahead in a daze.

Han Jiang stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Tang Feng's eyes: "Possessed?"

"I... I think we have indeed found the Black Eagle Temple!" Tang Feng muttered to himself, still staring straight ahead.

"What? Just relying on this slope?" Han Jiang was confused.

Tang Feng came back to his senses and explained to Han Jiang: "It's a strange thing to have such a big slope on the platform. I checked it just now, and the slope is full of rammed earth."

"Tamped earth?"

"Obviously this is a masterpiece of the ancients. I roughly calculated that this rammed earth platform is huge, and there should have been a magnificent palace-style building on it. Looking at the direction of the rammed earth platform, it is located in the middle of the North Peak, facing the mountain below the mountain. Daoshan Pass. With such a huge building and such a wonderful and noble orientation, what other buildings are there besides the Black Eagle Temple in Helan Mountain?" Tang Feng analyzed clearly.

Standing on the rammed earth platform, Han Jiang gazed into the distance. As expected, dragons and tigers are in this place, where the wind gathers energy, and the Fengshui is excellent. "It seems that we have really found the Black Eagle Temple." Han Jiang echoed.

"Don't rush to draw conclusions, and then look for other relics." Tang Feng stood on the rammed earth platform and looked around, and saw several smaller earth slopes, "Here, those small earth slopes should be black The ruins of other buildings in Jiusi Temple. If there is a formal archaeological excavation here, many valuable cultural relics will definitely be unearthed."

Tang Feng pointed to a few small soil slopes, then picked up a broken brick from the soil under his feet, and said to Han Jiang: "This is almost a clear proof."

"What? Is this Xi Xia's?"

"Well, there's this." Tang Feng picked up another strangely shaped building component from the soil, "This kind of building component is called 'Galambinga'."

"Jalingpinga?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

"'Jaling Pinga' is a transliteration of Sanskrit, and its common name is 'Miaoyin Bird'. It is shaped like a human bird and is considered by Buddhists to be a bird in the Paradise. Architectural components of the 'Jaling Pinga' type have been unearthed from the Xixia King's Mausoleum, and in the Central Plains No architectural components of this style have ever been found. Now that 'Kalapinga' has appeared here, I can almost conclude that this must be the Black Vulture Temple." Tang Feng explained.

"Architectural ruins, Western Xia bricks and tiles, building components, unique geographical location, and strange noises in the forest at night, everything fits the description in Misha's notes. It seems that we have really found the Black Eagle Temple." Han Jiang Excitement was evident in his words.

Tang Feng nodded, and then became confused again: "But where is the third jade screen?"

Han Jiang looked at the deserted Heijiu Temple ruins around him: "Who knows? Maybe it has been destroyed in the war together with this once glorious royal temple, or it may have been taken away in history..."

"Maybe it's buried under this loess." Tang Feng interrupted Han Jiang's words.

Han Jiang turned his head and looked at Tang Feng in surprise: "You mean, we're going to dig this place upside down?"

Tang Feng smiled at Han Jiang, and then said solemnly: "Comrade Han Jiang, please use your head to think about the problem. Assuming that the jade screen is still here, assuming that the person who stored the jade screen was not stupid, then the jade screen The screen must be placed in a special place, and it will never be placed in an ordinary palace. In that turbulent era, the people who stored the screen must have thought more carefully than us.”

Han Jiang was scolded by Tang Feng, but hearing what he said was reasonable, instead of getting angry, he nodded frequently: "Yes! There should be a special place to store the jade screen, so it won't be easily destroyed by war, and it won't be easily destroyed by others. Steal."

"Well, Comrade Han Jiang finally got the hang of it." Tang Feng smiled aggressively.

"When you said that, I suddenly remembered that treasure map again." Han Jiang's words awakened Tang Feng.

Tang Feng immediately thought of the red circle marked on Helan Mountain on the treasure map. Although there was no reference next to the red circle, his intuition told him that there seemed to be some inevitable connection between the red circle and their current location.

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Tang Feng tried his best to recall the position of the red circle on the picture. "The position of the red circle on the treasure map is indeed very close to here." He deduced.

Han Jiang frowned: "Could it be that the so-called 'treasure' on the treasure map is the jade screen?"

"If this is the case, it would be terrible! Think about it, someone knew that Yu Chaping was here in the Republic of China and even drew a treasure map, so Yu Chaping might not be here long ago!"

When Han Jiang heard Tang Feng's words, his heart sank suddenly, but he quickly changed his mind and said: "If Yu Chaping is gone, why did Fanny appear here? And she was killed!"

"did you mean……"

"I can't tell. Anyway, this matter is not as simple as we thought." Han Jiang sighed heavily.

"Then what's our next step? I don't want to stay another night in this ghostly place!" Tang Feng complained.

"It's up to you. I think this site is huge, and we have to walk around it, and we can't let go of any clues. We will definitely not be able to walk tonight."

"If we want to survey this area as carefully as an archaeological excavation, I think we'll have to stay here this month!" Tang Feng's scalp tingled when he thought of the strange noise at night.

"Maybe it won't take that long." Han Jiang comforted Tang Feng.

The two walked anxiously to the stone wall at the foot of Beifeng Mountain, where the entire ruins seemed to come to an end.After Han Jiang stared at the stone wall for a while, he turned around and was about to leave, but Tang Feng stared blankly at the large stone wall in front of him.

"Why are you in a daze? Go back, they should be in a hurry." Han Jiang urged.

Tang Feng didn't say anything, he was still staring at the stone wall in a daze.Han Jiang gave him a hand: "You really think that this stone wall can give you another sesame to open the door!"

"Have you noticed that the stone wall in front of me is flatter than other places?" Tang Feng finally came to his senses.

Han Jiang also stared at the stone wall and nodded: "It is flatter than other places, but what does that mean? Is there any mechanism on the stone wall?"

As he said that, Han Jiang stretched out his hands, couldn't help supporting the stone wall, and pushed hard, but the stone wall didn't respond. "How could there be a mechanism here!" Han Jiang murmured.

Tang Feng did not push the stone wall, but took a few steps back, stood still, and stared at the stone wall for a while.Suddenly, he exclaimed: "Sure enough, there is a mystery!"

"Oh?!" Han Jiang was startled.

Tang Feng unloaded his backpack and rummaged through it.Han Jiang became impatient and urged him: "You made such a fuss, what did you find?"

Tang Feng just rummaged through his backpack and ignored Han Jiang. "Tell me! What did you find?" Han Jiang kept urging.

"You'll know later." Tang Feng found a bottle of mineral water from his backpack.

Tang Feng unscrewed the bottle cap, poured water on his hands, and wiped it on the stone wall. Slowly, slowly, the stone wall changed little by little. "There are paintings on this stone wall!" Han Jiang exclaimed.

"Have you heard of Helan Mountain rock paintings?" Tang Feng asked.

"I didn't know before, it wasn't all because of the jade screen. Some time ago, I was making up for history, and I only read the book about the rock paintings of Helan Mountain."

"Helan Mountain rock paintings are the largest group of rock paintings discovered in China so far, and lasted from the Neolithic Age to Xixia. Our ancestors first used natural mineral pigments to paint on the rock walls, creating the oldest art."

"It's been mentioned in these books. So it's not surprising to find petroglyphs in Helan Mountain. What are you making such a fuss about?"

"It is not uncommon to find petroglyphs in Helan Mountain, but I did not expect to find petroglyphs in such a remote and high place. If I remember correctly, there has never been a record of petroglyphs found in such a high altitude area in Helan Mountain."

"Even if it's a new discovery, what does it have to do with what we're looking for? I'm not interested in discoveries that have nothing to do with me." Han Jiang is not very interested in rock paintings.

Tang Feng was choked speechless: "Why don't you think about it? Since we have confirmed that this place is the Black Eagle Temple we are looking for, then the rock paintings that appear in this place must be related to the Black Eagle Temple, and maybe they are related to us. There is a direct connection to what you're looking for."

After Tang Feng's reminder, Han Jiang also felt the smell.The stone wall in front of him was smeared with water, and the petroglyphs on it had clearly revealed their true appearance.

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A huge rock painting was clearly displayed in front of Tang Feng and Han Jiang. They took a few steps back and looked carefully, only to see that the entire rock wall was covered with ocher red patterns.The whole pattern can be divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower. Three scenes are drawn below, the left is the scene of labor, the right is the scene of combat, and the middle is like a scene of celebrating a good harvest.There are many figures in the rock paintings below, which are densely covered with rock walls.Going up, the middle part depicts a man with an eagle nose and deep eyes, a burly figure, wearing a golden crown and a long robe, majestic and looking straight ahead.Going up, there are more characters. The upper middle part depicts the Buddha's Nirvana, surrounded by Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and attendants, creating a solemn and solemn scene.

"What does this picture show?" Han Jiang asked impatiently after reading the picture on the stone wall.

"Judging from the creation techniques and the painted patterns, it should undoubtedly be the rock paintings of the Xixia period." Tang Feng was still staring at the rock paintings on the stone wall.

"I didn't ask you this, I mean what does this painting mean? Or what does the person who drew this painting want to express?"

"That has to be told bit by bit. Look at the pictures drawn in the lower part of the painting. There are scenes of labor, battle, and harvest celebration. These should all be a portrayal of the real life of the party members at that time."

"Nonsense, I can see this too. Tell me quickly, what is the picture in the middle?"

"The one in the middle is a person..."

"I think you are talking nonsense now. Just tell me who the man in the middle is!" Han Jiang shouted dissatisfied.

"Who it is, I can't say right now."

"Okay! That's like not saying anything."

Tang Feng smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Let's look at the upper part first, and then talk about the man in the middle later. This is a picture above..."

"It's a picture of Buddha Sakyamuni's Nirvana." Han Jiang interrupted Tang Feng angrily.

Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang helplessly, shook his head, and said, "Congratulations, you will answer quickly now."

"You underestimate me too much, I still have this bit of knowledge."

"Well, you are right. This is a picture of Buddha's Nirvana. Then, can we think that the upper part of the entire rock painting represents the heaven in the Buddhist world, while the lower part represents the secular world, or represents Then, let’s think about it again, who is the person in the middle?”

Han Jiang looked at the rock paintings, then looked at Tang Feng blankly: "You ask me?"

"Of course I'm asking you. I think you can guess it with your intelligence and knowledge."

Han Jiang was asked by Tang Feng.He held back his energy for a long time, fully mobilized his intelligence and knowledge, and finally shook his head, "I don't know." But he seemed to have thought of something, and added, "Could it be Yuan Hao?"

"Yes! I think the person in the middle picture is Yuan Hao." Tang Feng said.

"Yuan Hao?" Han Jiang was skeptical.

(End of this chapter)