Xixia dead book

Chapter 172 The KGB and the CIA (9)
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Two parallel and intertwined ruts stretched all the way to the northwest. Tang Feng stared nervously out of the car window. From the few words left by Misha, Tang Feng had already drawn a terrifying scene of Qianhu Town in his mind—the desolation There is no one, not even any life in the town, the wind is howling, and the streets are lost... However, when Qianhu Town really came into Tang Feng's eyes, Tang Feng was still a little surprised.

The rolling sand dunes just now disappeared now, and they drove into a Gobi desert. The sand hills in the distance seemed very close, but Tang Feng knew that they were actually far away.Tang Feng saw that at the end of the endless horizon, there appeared a patchwork of loess buildings of different heights, where is Qianhu Town? !

The vast land is silent, and the sun is setting. Tang Feng can't help but think a lot, but at this moment, the car stops, "Why did it stop? Qianhu Town is just ahead, I can see it!" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang .

Han Jiang ignored it. He turned on the headlights of the donkey, lay on the steering wheel, observed for a long time, and then slowly said: "The two ruts have disappeared."

It was only then that Tang Feng noticed that, sure enough, there were no traces of the two ruts on the gravel road heading straight to Qianhu Town.The three of them got out of the car and explored for 30 to [-] meters, but there were no ruts. This vast and unchanging land was so quiet that Tang Feng felt as if he had come to an alien planet!

There are no ruts that appear all the time, and there are no traces of people or animals. It seems that no one has ever stepped here, no!Impossible no one came in!Thinking of this, Tang Feng went back to look for the two ruts, but they walked nearly a hundred meters along the way, but they still couldn't see the two ruts.Tang Feng couldn't help complaining to Han Jiang, "Didn't you keep staring at those two ruts?"

"I was driving so fast, who knows where the two ruts went? I could still see the ruts on the road five minutes ago, but in the blink of an eye, the ruts disappeared." Han Jiang argued.

"Then let's go back and look for it?" Liang Yuan suggested.

"No! No need, Qianhu Town has already seen it, let's not worry about those two cars." Tang Feng thought for a moment and said firmly.

"But... but Misha's letter said that Qianhu Town is scary, especially... especially at night..." Liang Yuan hesitated.

"What do you think?" Tang Feng turned to Han Jiang.

"Go ahead before it gets dark. We can camp outside the town tonight. As for whether to enter the town, we will make a decision tomorrow morning." Han Jiang said.

Tang Feng nodded, so the three of them got back into the car and drove towards Qianhu Town. The ruts disappeared, and soon, even the traces of the gravel road disappeared. Tang Feng and the others were completely driving on the vast Gobi Desert. .

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The distance to Qianhu Town was completely beyond Tang Feng's prediction. Originally, Qianhu Town was already in sight, but they drove for half an hour and still hadn't arrived.

"It's clearly ahead, why haven't we arrived yet?" Tang Feng murmured to himself.

"Don't be impatient." Han Jiang said not to be impatient, but accelerated the speed of the car.

Tang Feng looked out the window anxiously. It was completely dark on the Gobi Desert. This was their first night in the desert. Tang Feng had never experienced the night in the desert. He didn't know what would happen tonight. waiting for him?
Just when Tang Feng was thinking wildly, Han Jiang slammed on the brakes and stopped the car again. Tang Feng was startled, "What's wrong with you?"

Han Jiang looked back, then reversed the car suddenly, Han Jiang stared at the rearview mirror intently, backed up about ten meters away, and stopped, Han Jiang pointed his mouth at the Gobi Desert on the right side of the car, "Here, look See what that is?"

Tang Feng looked suspiciously in the direction of Han Jiangnuzui, and suddenly a black figure appeared on the desolate Gobi desert, "What is that?" Tang Feng was startled.

"Go down and have a look." Han Jiang threw a flashlight to Tang Feng.

"Aren't you going down?" Tang Feng was a little scared.

"Hmph, are you scared?" Han Jiang smiled contemptuously.

"Lend me your dagger!"

"Forget it, let's all go down, look at how cowardly you are!"

"I'm cowardly, I don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices!"

After Tang Feng finished speaking, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and jump out of the car. He slowly approached the black shadow step by step. In the dark Gobi Desert, Tang Feng's heart was beating wildly. He was already very close to the black shadow. Now, that black shadow is motionless, it is definitely not a person, nor is it an animal... Tang Feng stopped and looked back hesitantly. He saw Han Jiang and Liang Yuan jumping out of the car and walking towards this direction. Only then did he gather his mind and continue walking forward.Finally, at a distance of seven or eight steps away from the black shadow, Tang Feng stopped. He stared at the black shadow in front of him. It seemed to be a huge boulder, which was quite neat, but what happened on the desolate Gobi Desert? Will a regular boulder suddenly appear?

Tang Feng plucked up his courage, pushed the flashlight away, and a ray of strong light hit the black figure, "It really is a huge rock!" Regular boulders!

Tang Feng took another two steps forward. Only then did he see clearly that this boulder was actually a huge stele. He walked around to the front of the stele, and shone a light on it with a flashlight. Some words were engraved densely on it, and then looked up. , the upper part of the stele seemed to be struck by lightning, and it was broken at an angle. Tang Feng took a flashlight and looked around, but he didn't see the broken stele above, only the lower part of the stele, still standing in the desolate Gobi On the beach, Tang Feng waved to Han Jiang and Liang Yuan who were behind him, and shouted, "It's a broken monument!"

Han Jiang and Liang Yuan soon rushed to the ruined stele. Tang Feng had already begun to recognize the inscriptions on it, but Tang Feng frowned when he saw the inscription. ?"

Tang Feng shook his head, "No, it's not the Xixia script, but the Basiba script of the Yuan Dynasty."

"It's over, I really doubt that Misha and the others took the right route back then, why are all the relics left along the way belong to the Yuan Dynasty?" Han Jiang was a little annoyed.

"Do you know Ba Si Ba Wen?" Liang Yuan asked.

"The Basiba script is actually not difficult. Although I haven't studied it systematically, I can recognize some of it. I looked at the inscription, and it's a 'Forbidden Covenant Monument'."

"Monument of Prohibition?" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan looked at the ruined monument in doubt.

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Tang Feng pointed to the inscription on the remnant stele, and explained in detail: "The full name of this stele is "Kubla Khan Tells the Army and People to Ban the Monument". The general meaning of the inscription is Kublai Khan's tone of warning Soldiers and civilians, there are a group of devils living in the Gobi desert in front of them, and they have repeatedly hurt the soldiers and ordinary people stationed here. Don’t go any further. If you go any further, you will lose your life and bear the consequences. The final signature is also Jinai Road General Manager’s Mansion.”

"Yiji Nai Road General Manager's Mansion?"

"Well, you've all heard of Blackwater City, right?"

"It's the ancient Xixia city that Koznov discovered."

"Yes, according to the historical data we have now, Heishui City was the largest city with a radius of hundreds of miles, so after Genghis Khan occupied Heishui City, he set up a general manager's office there to manage this vast area. In the area, the inscription on the remnant stele shows that this stele was erected by the governor of Yiji Nai Road." Tang Feng explained.

"It's supposed to be a serious inscription, but why do I think the inscription on this stele is funny! Where is the devil? Tangtang Da Khan actually wrote these on the inscription." Han Jiang looked at the inscription in front of him with his arms akimbo. said the piece of remnant stele.

"I don't think there is anything funny about this inscription. This inscription just reveals important information." Tang Feng seemed to have thought of something.

"Oh! What do you see?"

"Doesn't this inscription explain the relics we found before?! We have been puzzled why the fortifications we found along the way all left relics of the Mongols, but not the relics of the Dangxiang people as we expected , This inscription shows that the Mongols are very afraid of the devils in the desert, so they erected this monument to prohibit soldiers and civilians from entering, and also set up fortifications along the route." Tang Feng speculated.

"But I just don't understand, what would the Mongolian cavalry who swept across the Eurasian continent be afraid of?" Han Jiang was puzzled.

"The devil! Hehe." Liang Yuan laughed.

"I'm also puzzled." Tang Feng pondered for a while, and suddenly, Tang Feng's eyes lit up, "Could it be 'the man who restored the country?'"

"What?" Han Jiang didn't understand.

Just as Tang Feng was about to say something, Liang Yuan suddenly called out from behind the broken stele, "Let's go quickly, it seems that the wind is blowing."

A gust of wind suddenly blew up on the Gobi Desert, and the wind rolled the gravel and roared from the northwest. Tang Feng and Han Jiang were instantly blinded by the fine sand. Tang Feng wanted to protect Liang Yuan and run back to the car, but Han Jiang didn't. He stopped them loudly, "Don't go back yet, hide behind the stele."

Only then did Tang Feng come to his senses. He protected Liang Yuan and ran to the front of the stele. The three of them squatted down and leaned on the broken stele. I opened my eyes and looked at the car parked not far away. Fortunately, there was this stone tablet. If I ran to the car, I don’t know where it would be blown by the wind.

"Why...how could there be a sudden gust of wind?!" Tang Feng shouted loudly.

"Because you mentioned the devil!" Han Jiang joked.

Tang Feng raised his head and looked at the stone tablet beside him. The heavy stone tablet was creaking under the gust of wind at this moment. He began to doubt whether this remnant monument could withstand the sudden gust of wind.

"I understand why this monument is broken!" Tang Feng shouted again.

"You mean the wind?"

"Who else but the wind? This wind is a terrible devil!" Tang Feng shouted.

"Okay, save your energy!"

"No, what's more, the inscription on this stele faces southeast, which means that the strong wind in this area is blowing from the northwest direction, otherwise, the inscription on the ruined stele would have been invisible for a long time."

"I hope this remnant stele can help us tide over the difficulties!" Han Jiang said.

"I hope Kublai Khan can help us tide over the difficulties!" Tang Feng muttered.

As soon as Tang Feng finished speaking, the wind on the Gobi Desert gradually died down. After observing the situation, Han Jiang ordered, "Hurry up and get back to the car while the wind dies down."

The three of them ran away, and didn't feel at ease until they got back in the car.

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Panting heavily, Liang Yuan asked, "What should we do now? Are we still going to Qianhu Town tonight?"

Tang Feng looked at Qianhu Town, which was shrouded in darkness ahead, and at Han Jiang. He was waiting for Han Jiang to make up his mind.Han Jiang quickly thought about the current situation, "I don't want to enter that deserted ghost town at night, but look at the Gobi Desert, there is not even a place to camp. If there is such a strong wind, we will all be blown away gone."

There was silence in the carriage, and everyone was faced with a dilemma. In the end, Han Jiang finally made up his mind, "Go ahead, at least find a shelter from the wind before camping."

Han Jiang drove very slowly. He was observing the situation outside the window. Qianhu Town was getting closer. Tang Feng could already see the silent shadow, and his heart hung up.

"It's so big!" Liang Yuan exclaimed.

"What's that?" Han Jiang suddenly asked, pointing to a black mound of dirt outside the window.

Tang Feng shone it with a flashlight, and suddenly, a hideous skeleton came into view, Tang Feng's hand trembled, and the flashlight almost fell off, Han Jiang and Liang Yuan also saw the skeleton, Han Jiang slowly stopped the car, Tang Feng Feng and Liang Yuan shone two flashlights at the mound, and Liang Yuan couldn't help screaming, "Ah—it's all skeletons!"

Under the strong light of the flashlight, Tang Feng saw that the mound was completely made up of neatly arranged rows of skeletons. Tang Feng stared blankly at the skeletons in front of him. Suddenly, Han Jiang slapped Tang Feng on the shoulder, " What is this? There are so many skeletons popping up before entering the town, it's fucking unlucky."

Tang Feng was taken aback by Han Jiang, and after a while, he murmured, "This... this is Jingguan."

"Jingguan?" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan were surprised.

"In ancient wars, in order to show off their martial arts and intimidate their opponents, the victorious side built high mounds with the corpses of the enemy's fallen soldiers and stood them on both sides of the road. This is called 'Jingguan'." Tang Feng explained.

"So cruel." Liang Yuan said in surprise.

"Yes, Jingguan is very cruel, so it was not commonly used in ancient times. Only the most vicious enemies will be built into Jingguan. I don't know why these people who are built into Jingguan are so hated by their opponents. As a result, after death, they still cannot be buried in the ground for peace, but will be built into a Beijing temple!" Tang Feng sighed.

"The devils that the Mongols said!" Liang Yuan said.

Tang Feng didn't say anything more, a gust of wind blew past, and Tang Feng felt shuddering. Unexpectedly, Han Jiang said: "Let's camp here tonight!"

"What? Let us accompany these lonely ghosts tonight?" Tang Feng and Liang Yuan both cried out.

"I don't want to accompany these lonely ghosts, but I will enter Qianhu Town if I go any further! Do you dare to go in tonight?"

Tang Feng took a look at Qianhu Town not far away, it was pitch black, there was no light, no sound, a gloomy feeling enveloped the whole town, Liang Yuan called out, "Then there is no need to camp here !"

"This is the only place besides Qianhu Town that can keep out the wind. If you don't want to be buried in the sand tomorrow morning, just go here, just here. I can't guarantee whether I can stop the stronger sandstorm!" Han Jiang said angrily.

Tang Feng looked around, and there was really no better place to shelter from the wind. Finally, Tang Feng gritted his teeth, "Then here, it's better than rushing into Qianhu Town at night. Isn't it just some skeletons? We've seen a lot .”

"That's right! It's not the first time." Liang Yuan also gained courage when she heard what Tang Feng said.

"Then here it is." Han Jiang parked his car in the north of the Jingguan, forming a relatively closed space with the Jingguan. Tang Feng set up a tent next to the Jingguan. While setting up the tent, Tang Feng muttered, "You What are you mumbling about?" Han Jiang asked.

"I'm chanting scriptures to save the souls of the dead who can't enter the earth after death." Tang Feng squeezed out a wry smile.

"I didn't realize that you still know how to chant sutras? I think you should leave these dead people alone and recite sutras for us a few more times to keep us safe." Han Jiang joked.

"I can only recite sutras to save the dead, not sutras to bless the living." Tang Feng smiled wryly.

"I will, I will recite sutras to protect the living." Liang Yuan suddenly called out.

"You will?" Both Han Jiang and Tang Feng looked at Liang Yuan in surprise.

Under Tang Feng and Han Jiang's astonished gazes, Liang Yuan sat cross-legged and recited sutras in a serious manner. Tang Feng tried to interrupt Liang Yuan several times, but was stopped by Liang Yuan's continuous chanting .

Tang Feng didn't ask until Liang Yuan finished reading, "What sutra are you reading? Why have I never heard of it?"

"Of course you haven't heard of it. It was taught to me by an old monk, who said that it can bless me to save me from bad luck, ha ha." Liang Yuan laughed.

"Okay, don't recite any scriptures. I never believed in these things. I just believe that things are caused by man." Han Jiang interrupted the religious exchange between Liang Yuan and Tang Feng.

(End of this chapter)