Xixia dead book

Chapter 25: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (25)
Makarov laughed dryly, and said, "Frankly speaking, this town is really beautiful. According to a Chinese idiom, it should be called 'Xia Xanadu', but fate just doesn't let me have this opportunity..."

"The Chinese are hospitable. If you are just here for tourism, we welcome you, but you are not!" Han Jiang interrupted Makarov.

"Yes, Yelena and I are not here to travel, but please rest assured that we will never do anything to harm you. As for the purpose of our trip, I will tell you when the time is right. But not now, now There is no time, as Yelena said just now, you and we are both in great danger now."

"You and us? Could it be that you were not responsible for the horrible scene on the celestial burial platform this morning?" Han Jiang was still aggressive.

"Sky Burial Terrace? Han, I don't know what you're talking about. Yelena and I have been hiding here since yesterday afternoon, except just now when Yelena went out to buy some food."

Hearing what Makarov said, Han Jiang observed the small Buddhist temple again, and he believed Makarov somewhat in his heart, "So you didn't kill Zhou Nannan?"

"We don't even know the person you're talking about, why kill her?" Makarov argued.

"So, at 5 p.m., who took the green backpack next to the stone lion on the right side of the Great Sutra Hall?" Tang Feng asked.

"What green backpack? Han, I understand. When you see me appearing in front of the Sutra Hall, you suspect me!" Yelena finally understood where Han Jiang's hostility towards her came from.

"Isn't it you? Then why did you appear in front of the Great Sutra Hall at 5 o'clock!" Han Jiang raised his voice again.

"Where am I going, do I still need to report to you?" Yelena held her head up, showing no sign of weakness.

"Han, as I said just now, Yelena just went out to buy some food. She appeared in the Sutra Hall, maybe she wanted to get some news there, but I didn't expect to be bumped into by you." Makarov came out again to smooth things over.

"Well, even if it's as you said, but you haven't done anything wrong, why don't you go out and stay in a hotel and hide here?" Han Jiang turned to question Makarov again.

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Facing Han Jiang's questioning, Makarov was not angry, nodded and smiled: "Han, this is what I want to tell you. Yelena and I came to this small town early yesterday morning and originally wanted to stay in a hotel, but we We walked around the town and found someone following us. They were some masters. We tried all kinds of anti-tracking methods, but we still couldn’t get rid of those people. In this small town, no matter where we go, It always feels like there are pairs of eyes staring at us in the dark, but we just can't find those people!"

"You guys also feel this way?" Makarov's words reminded Han Jiang of the feeling he had when he first arrived in the town last night.

"It seems that you feel it too. Do you know who they are?" Makarov frowned.

"I don't know. This morning, the girl who stayed in the same hotel as us was killed on the celestial burial platform. I still can't figure it out. It's the off-season for tourism, there are not many tourists in the town, and the residents in the town are all simple People from other places should be easy to distinguish, how could that group of people hide in it without being discovered?" Han Jiang expressed his doubts.

Makarov replied: "I said before that this group of people are all masters. They are not many, but they all have unique skills. They are definitely not comparable to the group of gangsters we met in Qiang Village!"

"So you hid here?" Tang Feng asked back.

"Well! I think it should be safe here. However, hiding here is not a long-term solution. Those people must know that we are still in the town. They will find this place sooner or later. Maybe you have lured them here just now .” After Makarov finished speaking, he looked nervously outside the hall.A few barks came from not far outside the hall, but they stopped soon, and the outside returned to calm.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Han Jiang asked Makarov.

"Get rid of that group of people." Yelena said firmly.

"Look and see!" Makarov spread out an old yellowed sheepskin map on the confession, and said to Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Liang Yuan, "This is the sheepskin map we found on the confession."

"Oh? Right here?!" Tang Feng said in shock.

"Yes, it's on the confession case. The sheepskin map was covered by thick dust, and I discovered it by accident." Makarov pointed to the confession case.

Tang Feng looked along the place where Makarov pointed, and sure enough, there was no dust in a place on the dilapidated confession case, which formed a sharp contrast with the thick dust around it.

Makarov continued: "The markings on this map seem to be in an ancient Tibetan language. Yelena and I can't understand them, so I wonder if you can understand them?"

Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng. He knew that Tang Feng had learned some ancient characters and might be able to understand them.Tang Feng had learned some ancient Tibetan scripts from Professor Luo, but it was only superficial.He took the old sheepskin map and looked at it carefully. On the map, there are continuous mountains, and there is a small town in the mountains. Tang Feng quickly recognized the sign next to it, "Lang Mu! We are here now. here."

But other markings on the map are less recognizable.In the dark Buddhist temple, Tang Feng used the flashlight to illuminate every corner of the map bit by bit.He saw several rivers meandering out of the mountains, but he couldn't distinguish the signs beside the rivers. He also saw a large lake surrounded by mountains. Tang Feng estimated that it was a lake, but he still couldn't Identify the signs next to Haizi.Tang Feng moved the light beam of the flashlight back to the vicinity of Langmusi Temple, and suddenly he discovered that there was a canyon near the sign "Langmu", and there was a small sign beside the canyon.Tang Feng's eyes were almost stuck on the map, and he tried hard to identify the name marked in ancient Tibetan - "Na-mo!" Tang Feng finally pronounced the name, and he suddenly felt that the name seemed to be Where did I hear...

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"Na-Mo?" Tang Feng tried his best to search for this vague name in his mind, but his brain was a mess, and he couldn't remember where he heard this name before. Tang Feng even began to doubt Is the pronunciation I read out correct? "Na-mor?" He whispered the name again.

"Tang Feng, are you talking about Namo?" Liang Yuan suddenly asked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng nodded and said: "Yes, you can see on this map that there is a canyon near Langmusi. If I read correctly, the label on it seems to be 'Namo'."

"Namo Grand Canyon! Isn't that the name on the broken stele we found in Qiang Village?" Liang Yuan reminded Tang Feng.

It was only then that Tang Feng remembered that he had deciphered the text on the broken tablet in Xixia script, "But...but it was written in Xixia script, and what was marked on this map was in ancient Tibetan script. Could it be that the script in Xixia script and ancient Tibetan script is not relevant to this? The pronunciation of the place names is actually the same?"

Everyone fell silent, because no one could answer Tang Feng's question, and there was a dead silence in the Buddhist hall.Han Jiang looked at Makarov and Yelena, then at Tang Feng, and suddenly pulled Tang Feng to a corner of the Buddha Hall, and asked Tang Feng, "What does this mean? Is this Namo Canyon asking us?" About the place to go?"

"I think it should be!" Tang Feng said.

"Then there is nothing to say. Let's go to Namo Canyon. From this sheepskin map, after passing through Namo Canyon, we can reach Maqu County. Even if we can't find the place we are going to, at least we can Dharma music can be used first." Han Jiang made his own judgment.

Han Jiang turned to Makarov and Yelena and said, "How about it, come with us. Let's walk from Namo Grand Canyon and pass through this canyon to reach Maqu."

Yelena stared at the map for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will do as you said. All problems will be discussed after we get out of the Grand Canyon. Now the five of us are a team and we want to go out together!"

The five agreed, and Han Jiang suddenly asked Makarov, "Do you have any weapons?"

Makarov shook his head and said with a smile, "Han, we are just two tourists visiting China, where did we get the weapons?"

"Yes! Is Officer Han going to give us weapons?" Yelena also laughed.

Han Jiang sneered, and said, "Come on, you father and daughter don't act with me. When you were in Qiang Village, you both captured something, right?"

As soon as this remark was made, the smiles on the faces of Makarov and Yelena froze. After a while, Makarov patted Han Jiang on the shoulder and said, "Han, you are an excellent agent. , still can’t escape your eyes.” Then, Makarov pulled out a German-made Walter P5 9mm pistol from his waist, and continued, “This was captured in Qiangzhai. , with eight rounds in the magazine, and another five full magazines seized."

Han Jiang shifted his gaze to Yelena again. Yelena let out a "hum", unbuttoned the windbreaker, and opened it to Han Jiang, revealing a proud figure and a dark barrel, and said: "American-made Ingram M10 submachine gun, There were 32 rounds of ammunition in the magazine, and there were three full magazines in the bag. However, the numbers of all the guns were erased."

Han Jiang nodded, took out his Type [-] pistol, checked the magazine, and said, "There is no need to delay, since everything is ready, let's go now."

[No.11 Namo Grand Canyon]

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The town of Langmusi was completely silent under the darkness of night, except for the Tibetan mastiff raised by the herdsmen, who occasionally howled once or twice.Tonight's moon was completely covered by dark clouds, without a ray of moonlight shining on the earth, and the temperature at night dropped sharply below zero degrees Celsius.Five people, Han Jiang, Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, Makarov, and Yelena, filed out of the abandoned Buddhist temple and hurried towards the Namo Grand Canyon, sticking to the red outer wall of the Buddhist temple.

Before leaving, Han Jiang clarified everyone's tasks. Han Jiang opened the way ahead, Makarov and Yelena broke up, and Tang Feng's task was to keep up with the team, protect Liang Yuan, and of course protect the precious The jade screen.

It took a long time for everyone to touch the entrance of the canyon.Han Jiang was in front. As soon as he entered the valley, he was stunned by the scene in front of him and stopped. Makarov and Yelena who were behind did not know what unexpected situation they encountered, so they stepped forward to check in doubt.In front of the crowd, huge colorful prayer flags were swaying in the wind, and a lama in a thick red robe was sitting cross-legged in front of the prayer flags, chanting words.I don't know whether it was because of the cold weather or the lama's habit. The lama wrapped his head completely in a thick red robe, only his face was exposed, and his back was turned to everyone.Everyone was puzzled, how could this lama sit here and chant sutras in the middle of the night?

Han Jiang tentatively took a few steps forward, but the lama didn't respond, and was still muttering something. Suddenly, the lama raised his right hand and threw a stack of small papers into the air.Seeing this, Han Jiang was startled, and instinctively took a step back. He also reached into his lower back and touched the pistol at his waist.After Han Jiang stood still, he discovered that these small pieces of paper were exactly the same as the ones he saw outside the Buddhist hall just now, with Tibetan scriptures densely written on them. Throughout the mouth of the valley, there was a long echo in the canyon...

Makarov leaned close to Han Jiang's ear and whispered: "Maybe this lama is doing something, don't care about him, let's go." Han Jiang nodded and led the crowd into the canyon.

Everyone lowered their voices as much as possible, and passed behind the lama. The lama seemed to have not noticed the arrival of the people at all, and was still sitting cross-legged in meditation, chanting, but when Tang Feng walked behind the lama, the lama suddenly turned his face and glanced at the people.Tang Feng was startled, and turned his head to look at the lama, who was also looking at him, his eyes met, and the lama's eyes shot a cold light.Tang Feng couldn't help trembling in his heart, but when he wanted to see the lama's face clearly, he found that the lama's face was completely hidden in the shadow, and he couldn't see clearly at all.

Tang Feng fell behind the team, and he still wanted to see the Lama's face clearly, but Yelena came up to hold him, and led him into the Grand Canyon without any explanation.

The road in the Namo Grand Canyon is winding, and a stream winds through it. This inconspicuous stream is the source of the Bailong River.The stream slowly emerges from the canyon, gathers and grows on the Zoige prairie, rushes out of the mountains in northwest Sichuan, and finally flows into the Yangtze River.Looking at both sides of the canyon, the cliffs stand tall and the strange rocks are jagged. The strange rocks on both sides of the cliffs in different shapes look even more ferocious under the night.The crowd quickly passed the Fairy Cave, Tiger Cave and other landscapes, and after 10 minutes, a large lawn appeared in front of everyone.Liang Yuan was exhausted and collapsed on the grass, panting heavily, begging Han Jiang to rest for a while.Makarov was getting old and still injured, so he was out of breath after running all the way.Han Jiang looked in the direction of Taniguchi, and everything was normal, so he relaxed his vigilance and agreed to take a break for everyone.

No one said anything, they sat on the grass and thought about their own thoughts. Suddenly, Tang Feng stood up and shouted to everyone: "No! There is a problem here."

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In the silent canyon, everyone suddenly heard Tang Feng's call, and their hearts were shocked. Han Jiang asked in surprise, "What's the problem?"

Tang Feng said: "The problem, the problem lies in the lama I met in Taniguchi just now!"

"What happened to the Lama?" Everyone was even more surprised.

"There must be something wrong with that lama. When I passed behind him just now, that lama peeked at me. It was this one. I thought there was something wrong with those eyes at the time, but I wasn't sure...until I saw Yelena's eyes just now. Eyes, I just remembered. Those eyes are wrong, not black eyes, but blue eyes, just like Yelena's eyes." As he said, Tang Feng turned to look at Yelena's eyes.

"What? You mean that lama just now is not Chinese? It's..." Yelena's eyes widened in horror.

"It's a foreigner!" Han Jiang continued Yelena's words.

Tang Feng nodded, and said again: "Think about the abnormal behavior of that lama. It is very abnormal to appear in Taniguchi on such a cold night. Also, why did he wrap his head with a monk's robe? Why did he treat us Turning a blind eye to his appearance? More importantly, when I passed behind him, I heard his chanting..."

"Why, what's wrong with the scriptures he recited?" Makarov asked.

"I have learned some Tibetan and have a little understanding of Buddhist scriptures. Now that I think about it, the lama's chanting just now is not right at all. What he recited is not Tibetan at all, let alone Buddhist scriptures. Therefore, I judge from this. , that lama is simply a fake lama!"

"What! Fake Lama?" Everyone was shocked.

"That person is not a lama, who could it be?" Liang Yuanpu asked in horror with her big eyes shining.

Tang Feng supported Liang Yuan's shoulders and said, "Does it need to be said? Make up as a lama, and appear here at this time, who do you think it will be?"

The frightened look in Liang Yuan's eyes increased a bit, "The person who attacked us in the Qiang Village is also the murderer who killed Nan Nan!"

At this moment, above the canyon, a vulture flitted across the sky, and the grass in the canyon was completely silent.The five people looked at each other, and Han Jiang's mind was quickly thinking about their current situation.Suddenly, Yelena asked him: "Han, since that man is our enemy, but he turned a blind eye to our presence, don't you think there is something wrong with it?"

"Yes! I guess he is waiting for his accomplices. He alone is not strong enough to deal with us, so he is temporarily hidden."

"So, we should go back and kill that man." Yelena wanted to pull out her gun after speaking.

Han Jiang held Yelena back, "It's too late."

Yes, it was too late. At this moment, at the mouth of the canyon, eight tall black figures wearing infrared night vision goggles and carrying M4A1 assault rifles quickly searched the canyon.

Tang Feng urged Han Jiang anxiously: "What should we do?"

(End of this chapter)