Xixia dead book

Chapter 186 The KGB and the CIA (23)
"Don't interrupt me, mine hasn't changed!" Liang Yuan seemed very excited, with a smile on her face when recalling, "The beautiful music seemed to come from outside the tent, so I wanted to go out and have a look, but As soon as I jumped out of bed, someone brought me fresh mare's milk, fruit, barbecue, and a lot of delicacies. I asked them who sent it, and they said it was their owner. I don't care so much, just be good first. After enjoying a big meal, just when I was satisfied, the woman in the mask came in, I was also startled at first, and I couldn't help but backed up a few steps, but the woman smiled at me."

"Damn it, she smiled at me too, and I got caught!" Han Jiang said angrily.

"No, I'm not like you. I think she smiles beautifully and sincerely. Although she is wearing a mask, I can feel that behind the mask is a beautiful face with a sweet smile."

"Damn, there must be something wrong with your senses, there is a terrifying ghost behind the mask!" Tang Feng said angrily.

"I trusted my own feelings, and her smile made my initial horror completely disappear, and then we sat down and talked for a long time."

"Talking for a long time? What are you talking about?" Tang Feng sneered.

"He asked me a lot, what was my name? Where did I come from? What did I do here?"

"You said everything?" Han Jiang asked back.

"say it!"

"Then did she tell you who she is?" Tang Feng asked.

"No, I asked, but she only said that she is the owner of this piece of land." Liang Yuan looked at Tang Feng innocently.

"See, the little girl is easy to deceive, let her say whatever she wants!" Han Jiang had a dumbfounding expression.

"Then have you seen what she looks like behind the mask?"

Liang Yuan shook her head again, "No...but...I asked her, why is she wearing a mask?"

"What did she say?"

"She said it was because she had lost her most beautiful face."

"Damn, what do you mean? I'm old and unattractive, so I have to wear a mask and come out to scare people?" The more Han Jiang heard it, the more weird he felt.

"I don't know what that means either."

"Then you chatted with her for a long time in your dream, and you were the only one talking about it together. What did she tell you?" Tang Feng asked.

"Let's talk, she said that I am very beautiful, very similar to her when she was young, and also said that I was a kind-hearted girl at first sight."

"Damn, I said earlier that you are just a silly girl. Once people praise you for being beautiful, you will be so happy that you can't find Bei! You are kind-hearted, what does it mean to be kind-hearted? That means you are stupid!" Tang Feng said angrily Count Liang Yuan.

"Okay, okay, Tang Feng, you still take it seriously, isn't it just a dream?" Han Jiang hurriedly persuaded.

"It was like this in my dream. By the way, I said I was going to Hanhai Micheng, but the woman in the mask advised me not to go, saying that the road there was difficult and dangerous, and it had already been fatally destroyed, and its glory was long gone. gone."

"Okay! Another nonsense, of course we know that the road is difficult and dangerous." Tang Feng was still scolding Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan's complexion darkened, but Han Jiang said: "No, I think Liang Yuan's words are not nonsense, they are very valuable. If we really believe in these dreams, if this masked woman does not hide the queen, then she It is very valuable to say, 'there has been fatally destroyed, and its glory has long since ceased'. Tang Feng, have you ever thought about what the party members of Hanhaimi City mean to the massacre of Qianhu Town?"

"What does it mean?" Tang Feng immediately understood Han Jiang's meaning, "It means more violent revenge."

"Well, how could the Mongolian iron cavalry who swept across Europe and Asia endure such humiliation? Kublai Khan would definitely send a large army to conquer. Judging from the relics we have discovered and the evidence we have, the party members of Hanhai Micheng still survived after the fall of Xixia. We have persisted in fighting for decades, from the time of Ogodei to the time of Kublai Khan, but since the time of Kublai Khan, this land seems to have returned to peace, and no relics have been found."

Tang Feng took Han Jiang's words and said: "This shows that since the time of Kublai Khan, the party members in Hanhaimi City have disappeared, and the city is likely to be destroyed, and its glory has long since ceased!"

"Then, think about it when Kublai Khan first became the Great Khan, the party members of Hanhai Micheng still had the power to massacre the city of Qianhu Town. Why did they suddenly disappear after that?"

"It must be after this that the party members of Hanhai Micheng suffered a catastrophe, making them no longer have the strength to write history on this land!"

"I think the most likely disaster is the revenge of the Yuan Dynasty army!"

Tang Feng thought about Han Jiang's inference, then shook his head, "Although I agree with your inference, why did we only see the massacre of Qianhu Town, but did not see any signs of revenge from the Yuan Dynasty army? If Kublai Khan Sending a large army to conquer, how could they let those mummified corpses in Qianhu Town go wild? This is unreasonable, in short, we have come all the way, and we have not found any traces of revenge from the Yuan Dynasty army."

Tang Feng's words made Han Jiang unable to explain, and Liang Yuan suddenly said, "Could it be some natural disaster or plague that the party members encountered."

"I can't rule out this possibility, but it's hard to imagine that Kublai Khan could sit idly by in the face of the massacre in Qianhu Town?" Han Jiang still insisted on his own inference, "We haven't found any relics of the Yuan Dynasty's army's revenge. You won't find out, the truth will only be revealed when you arrive at Hanhai Micheng."

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After the three of them recalled the dream last night, the sky was already bright, and everyone began to discuss where to go next. Han Jiang suggested to check in the Populus euphratica forest first, and then survey the surrounding area with the Populus euphratica forest as the center. On the one hand, they searched for new clues. On the other hand, look for the clues left by the scientific expedition team.

The three of them had a hasty breakfast, and then began to investigate carefully in this small Populus euphratica forest. Han Jiang was alone in a group, and Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were in a group of two, and they were respectively investigating in the Populus euphratica forest. Arriving at the edge of the Populus euphratica forest, which is the west side of the Populus euphratica forest, there is an old Populus euphratica tree that is almost lying on the ground. Tang Feng can't help but sigh, "This Populus euphratica has a history of at least a thousand years."

"Older than Xixia?" Liang Yuan asked.

"Well, it's older than Xixia, and it must have witnessed everything that happened here." After Tang Feng said this, the scene of Populus euphratica turning into a mummy in the nightmare last night appeared before his eyes again.

Tang Fengqiang tried his best not to be troubled by that nightmare again, "Hey, there seems to be writing on the trunk." Liang Yuan found something on this fallen Populus euphratica tree.

"Where is it?" Tang Feng moved closer to check.

"Here, it seems to be in Russian."

"That must be left by the scientific expedition team!" Tang Feng felt ecstatic in his heart. Now he needs all the relics and materials left by the scientific expedition team back then, the best is written materials.

Tang Feng saw several large letters on the dry poplar trunk, which were indeed Russian letters, like a single word. Tang Feng looked at the letters together and slowly spelled out the word—fate? !

"Fate?! What a strange word? It reminds me of the ugly bell ringer and the beautiful Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris." Liang Yuan murmured.

"Yeah, why did this word appear in this place? It's too... too incredible!" Tang Feng said, shaking his head.

"Maybe it's just that a certain member of the scientific expedition team was bored and wrote for fun. For example, my grandfather, he can speak Russian."

"I don't think it's that simple. You know, Populus euphratica is so dry and cracked. It has no moisture and is extremely hard. It takes a lot of effort to carve characters on it. You don't find that each of these Russian letters is so deep. , it is obvious that the person who engraved it took a lot of effort to engrave it."

"That's true!" Liang Yuan thought for a while, "Let's see if there are other engravings around here."

So, the two of them searched carefully on this thick Populus euphratica tree. The word just now was engraved on the side of the trunk, and one side of the fallen trunk was facing the ground. Searching slowly, suddenly, he found that there seemed to be writing under the word he had just discovered.

"There seems to be more words here!" Tang Feng exclaimed.

"What word?"

"I can't see clearly underneath, I have to turn over the trunk." Tang Feng said and climbed out from under the trunk again.

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan worked hard together, but this Populus euphratica was extremely heavy, let alone lifting it, even turning it over was very difficult.Liang Yuan wanted to call Han Jiang to come over to help, but Tang Feng waved his hand, "Let's continue to investigate first, and then call Han Jiang to move after the inspection is finished."

The two carefully surveyed the west half of the Populus euphratica forest, but found no valuable relics. At this time, Han Jiang also finished surveying the east half of the Populus euphratica forest, and saw Han Jiang walking over with an iron guy in his hand, " Did you find anything?" Han Jiang asked.

"Let's talk about yours first!"

"Me? I just found one of these things."

Han Jiang spread out his right hand, Tang Feng and Liang Yuan saw a huge rivet in Han Jiang's hand, a rivet with a strange shape.

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Tang Feng stared at the strangely shaped rivet and asked, "Where did you find this?"

"It's right there, under a Populus euphratica tree at the edge of the forest." Han Jiang pointed to a Populus euphratica tree on the east side of the Populus euphratica forest.

"I speculate that this rivet was probably used by the scientific expedition team to set up the tent." Tang Feng deduced.

"That's right. The tents of the scientific expedition team back then should have been quite large. In addition, the wind was strong here, and there might be sandstorms, so such thick rivets were used. But, do you see anything from these rivets?"

"It seems...the shape of this rivet seems to be a bit special, how did it bend into this shape?" Tang Feng was confused.

"Yes, the shape of this rivet has changed a lot. I think this thick and long rivet was inserted deep into the ground. I can't imagine such a thick rivet. This shape now?" Han Jiang tried to break the rivet back to its original shape, but with Han Jiang's strength, it was futile.

"You mean this rivet witnessed what happened the night the scientific expedition team had an accident?"

"Yes, if it was a video camera, the camera would be fine, but it is just a rivet, but with this rivet alone, I can conclude that a powerful force attacked the camp of the scientific expedition team that night. Makarov once Recalling that when he and Liang Yunjie returned to the camp, the camp was empty, but most of the equipment and personal items were still there.”

"Well, but here we are now, and we can't find anything but this rivet."

"This shows that the powerful force swept everything in the camp and turned this rivet into what it is now." Han Jiang deduced.

"What a force it is! It can make such a thick rivet bend like this!" Liang Yuan exclaimed.

"Okay, tell me about your discovery!" Han Jiang asked as he threw the rivet into the trunk of the car.

"Our discovery is much bigger than yours, but we need your help!" Liang Yuan said pretending to be mysterious.

"Oh! Much bigger? What else can be found in this place? Need my help?"

Han Jiang followed Tang Feng and Liang Yuan suspiciously to the lying poplar tree in the west, "What are you looking at? Just this tree?"

"If you have the strength to turn this tree over, you will see great discoveries." Liang Yuan smiled mysteriously.

"Turn it over? You are not kidding me!" Han Jiang hugged the thick tree trunk with both hands and tried it.

Tang Feng was about to step forward to help, but Liang Yuan grabbed Tang Feng. Tang Feng understood that Liang Yuan was ordering Han Jiang.

"Haha, it seems that the Korean team lacks exercise recently!" Liang Yuan laughed.

"Young girl, come and try!" Han Jiang was quite annoyed.

Tang Feng walked over and said, "We found a Russian word on the trunk of this Populus euphratica tree."

"Oh! Russian words?" Han Jiang was quite surprised.

"It's 'fate'. Later, I found words under the trunk, but I couldn't read them clearly, so I had to turn the tree over. It's hard work for you to hug like this. The three of us worked together to turn the trunk over. That's it."

"You said it earlier! You're ordering a fool!"

So, the three of them worked hard together, with all their strength, and finally turned the trunk over. When the dust dispersed, Tang Feng couldn't wait to brush the dust off the trunk with his hands, and a few Russian words were faintly revealed.

"It's still in Russian!" Liang Yuan murmured.

"Is this the one who engraved 'Fate'?" Han Jiang asked back.

Tang Feng identified it carefully, then shook his head vigorously, "No, it wasn't carved by that person."

"Oh! How can I see that?"

"Look!" Tang Feng pointed at the few Russian words, "First of all, these words are not as deep as the word 'fate', obviously with different force; secondly, the handwriting is also different, of course we are not in this respect Experts, this article can only be used as a reference; more importantly, there is a person's name under these words."

"Ah—person's name?" "This is a major discovery!" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan seemed very excited.

"Yes, this name is very important." Tang Feng stopped pretending to be mysterious, and looked at Han Jiang and Liang Yuan.

"You said it!"

"This name is - Koznov." Tang Feng said the name.

"What? Koznov! Koznov has also been here?" Han Jiang and Liang Yuan were shocked.

"Yes, I was also shocked. According to our previous understanding, in 1909, Koznov entered the Badain Jaran Desert twice for expeditions, and the only thing he found was the famous Heishui City. In his later memoirs and investigation reports , There is no record of coming here." Tang Feng spoke slowly, as if searching for something in his memory.

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After a brief silence, Han Jiang suddenly thought of something, "Since Koznov left a relic here, there is no doubt that he has been here, don't forget, he got a jade screen in Heishui City, according to We infer that before that, the person holding the Dunhuang jade screen found Koznov and returned to the Badain Jaran Desert for the second time with Koznov."

"That is to say, it is entirely possible that after discovering Heishui City, Koznov went deep into the Gobi desert in an attempt to find Hanhaimi City?" Liang Yuan said.

"It's entirely possible. Tang Feng, you're the translator. What did Koznov write on it?" Han Jiang urged.

Tang Feng seemed to have just woken up from his thoughts, and then he said: "This is like a map, but it is not a map. The word on the top is translated as 'Black Water City', and the other words are all in it. Southwest direction, lined up, is what we already know - 'Jiulibao', 'Langwa', 'Qianhu Town' and here, but here, he didn't write 'Yueerquan', but 'There is Populus euphratica and water source'."

"Oh! Doesn't this prove my judgment? After discovering Heishui City, Koznov set out from Heishui City to find Hanhaimi City." Han Jiang was very confident in his judgment.

"But he didn't mark 'Han Hai Mi City' on it." Tang Feng said.

"This shows that Koznov did not find Hanhai Micheng."

Tang Feng nodded, and said slowly: "Okay, let me talk about my opinion! These few words have given me several important clues. First, Koznov also came to look for Han Hai. Second, Koznov came to look for Heishui City, which proved my judgment after Han Jiang and I came back from Helan Mountain. Before Koznov, there was a mysterious person X who first discovered Dunhuang. When Koznov first discovered Heishui City, he did not pay enough attention to the jade screen. Koznov continued to follow his plan to go to Sichuan, but why did he go to Qinghai? , suddenly turned back to Heishui City, and carried out a large-scale excavation of Heishui City? I deduce that this mysterious person X may have played a decisive role."

"Yes, this discovery fully supports our previous inference."

(End of this chapter)