Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 56

Gu Meidi rubbed his sore eyes: "It seems that this devil city is really mysterious!"

I nodded: "I'm quite interested in the legend of the Devil Queen!"

Gu Meidi said: "Do you think this legend is true?"

I smiled: "There are no devils in the world, maybe the queen will use some kind of witchcraft and poison, and it will be described as a devil by later generations!"

Gu Meidi frowned: "Actually, I have always had a question, is what Wan Juncheng said credible?"

"Didn't you see the red scar on your body?" I pointed to Gu Meidi's neck, feeling a little distressed.

Gu Meidi said: "I'm not talking about the poison of the underworld flower. I don't think he lied to us about this. We were indeed poisoned. I was thinking about the detoxification method he said. Is there really a holy water that can detoxify all poisons in the Desert Devil City? Could it be that Wan Juncheng fabricated it casually? No matter how you think about it, it seems a bit mysterious!"

I shrugged my shoulders: "There is no way, the matter has come to this point, we can only choose to believe him, treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, as long as there is still a little hope, we can't give up!"

"Okay!" Gu Meidi sighed: "Have you found the location of Devil City?"

I pointed to the five or six ancient books in front of me, and the notebook full of handwriting, and said with a wry smile: "The specific location of Devil City is not recorded in the history books at all. I can only deduce and analyze the approximate location of Devil City based on the records in the history books. It will take a day or two!"

"Come on! I'll make you a cup of coffee!" Gu Meidi clenched his fists and expressed encouragement to me.

"Thank you!" Looking at the waning night outside the window, I rubbed my temples and forced myself to cheer up. Tonight will be another sleepless night.

Three days later, Professor Ye returned to Xi'an as scheduled.

However, he didn't come back alone, there were seven people behind him, six men and one woman.

Professor Ye introduced to us: "These are all colleagues who have struggled with me before, and we all have lifelong friendships with each other. This time they heard that we were in trouble, and they all came here!"

Gu Meidi and I looked at each other with some doubts in our eyes.These seven people have different looks, and they don't seem to be doing archaeological work, and they all have an invisible murderous look on their bodies.As a martial arts practitioner, my senses are quite keen.But in front of everyone, I didn't ask Professor Ye immediately, but just said a few polite words of thanks to everyone.

"How is your progress?" Professor Ye asked.

I turned on the slide projector, and a map of China from the Western Han Dynasty appeared on the wall: "After repeated scrutiny and analysis, I judge that the ruins of Devil City are probably at this location!" Then, I picked up the laser pointer and marked a small area on the map. Red dot.Then a modern map of China popped up: "According to the current map, it is probably in the Lop Nur desert of X**YGLMG Zhizhou, near the famous ancient Loulan ruins, and in the direction north of the ancient Loulan country!"

"Very good!" Professor Ye showed joy, and excitedly patted me on the shoulder: "Tuobagu, well done!"

I smiled: "Actually, these are not the credit of me alone. Most of the credit is due to Gu Meidi. This conclusion is reached through our joint efforts!"

Professor Ye nodded in satisfaction: "Sure enough, I did not pick the wrong person, you two are my right and left arms!"

Gu Meidi smiled and said: "Of course, a strong general has no weak soldiers!"

"Ghost girl, you're the only one who is smart!" Professor Ye waved at us, "Let's go, I booked a private room at the Taihe Restaurant across the street, to welcome our friends who came from afar, and thank them for their help !"

After the dinner, Professor Ye arranged all the seven friends in the upper guest room of Taihe Restaurant.So far I only know the names of those seven people, but I don't know anything about the origin and background of those seven people.During the meeting, I asked insincerely a few times, but they seemed to deliberately avoid talking about the topic of identity, and several times they kept my question away quietly, which made me feel even more suspicious.

After thinking it over and over again, I still knocked on the door of Professor Ye's dormitory.

"Huh? Tuobagu, is there anything else?" Professor Ye looked at me suspiciously.

"There's something I want to talk to you about!" I said.

"Oh, come in!" Professor Ye made a gesture of invitation and welcomed me into the room.

"I only have one question!" I bit my lip: "Who are those seven people?"

Professor Ye smiled: "Didn't I tell you? It's a friend who worked together before!"

"Intuition tells me that they are not ordinary people, let alone simple archaeologists!" I looked directly into Professor Ye's eyes.

Professor Ye was startled, squinted his eyes, and slowly lit a cigarette: "It's enough that they can help us. As for who are they? What's their background? What does it matter?"

"It does matter!" I said seriously: "We are now a whole, a team, but we are not even familiar with our own team members, so how can we work together?"

"It makes sense!" Professor Ye blew a smoke ring: "Since you want to know their origins, let me tell you, the seven of them come from the seven most famous families of tomb robbers in the country, known as the 'Seven Tomb Raiders'! "

"The family of tomb robbers?! The seven tomb robbers?!" I was stunned, and blurted out: "My God! They...they are tomb robbers?!"

"Tomb robber?" Professor Ye stroked his hair: "Well, you can also say that! The seven tomb robbers refer to the seven families of Wang, Li, Liu, Hao, Gan, Song, and Han!

The Wang family, rising in the Northeast, had its heyday at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It once patronized the tomb of the Empress Dowager Liao and Princess Jin, etc.The Wang Dongyu with wide arms and round arms and a naive face is the No. 17 successor of the Wang family.Don't look at him looking like a fool on the surface, but in fact he is smarter than a ghost, and his brute strength is unmatched by anyone.

Let's talk about that middle-aged man with a mustache. His name is Li Yingxin, and he is a descendant of the Li family.The Li family lived in the north, especially in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and NMG. His sense of smell was the best in the world. He could tell whether there were ancient tombs under the soil, or even the age of the tombs, just by smelling the upturned soil with his nose.

The Liu family has the longest history. It is said that it originated in the Han Dynasty and is a royal family with the surname Liu.Back then, the Liu family was originally the guard of the imperial tomb, and they knew many secrets in the ancient tomb, including the structure of the mechanism or the structure of the tomb, etc. They could be said to know everything about the ancient tomb.Later, as the years passed, in order to survive the turbulent times, the Liu family gradually changed from the role of protecting the tomb to the role of tomb robbers.They are active in Hubei and Hunan all the year round. The young man with glasses is called Liu Hanhao. He is the leader of the younger generation of the Liu family. He has just returned from studying abroad and has a double master's degree. He is a rare talent.

The tall, lanky man with parted hair and a bit of an honest look was named Hao Mengkang. He was taciturn and didn't like to talk. He ran the largest underground antique trading market along the coast of Jiangsu and Fujian. He was a ruthless character.

The Gan family is from the southwest region, and their headquarters is in Yunnan. The black and thin man is Gan Hongxin from the Gan family. He is proficient in toxicology and is an expert in poison making and detoxification. It is said that he can also know the oldest and mysterious Gu poison in Miaojiang.At present, there is a jade shop opened on the China-Myanmar border, which is worth a lot of money.

The Song family probably originated in the Tang Dynasty. They are the most famous family of tomb robbers in the Central Plains. Their activities include the present Henan, Jiangxi, AH and other provinces. In the mausoleum of Liang Emperor Zhu Wen, Song Mingqiu is now the helm of the He family.

Finally, let’s talk about the Han family. The Han family reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty, and then declined again in the Qing Dynasty.It wasn't until the 70s and [-]s when Humphrey Humphrey took charge of the Han family that the Han family began to regroup and rose rapidly in just a few decades.The only woman in the team is Han Feilong's daughter, Han Jing, who owns the most prestigious antique shop in BJ Panjiayuan! "Speaking of this, the cigarette in Professor Ye's hand is almost exhausted.

I was secretly shocked when I heard that, I never imagined that these seven people would have a lot of background, any one of them is a big shot in the Jianghu.But...but Tangtang Professor Ye, how can he have friendship with these tomb robber families?And it seems that the friendship is not shallow, otherwise, how could others be willing to help us, everyone knows that going to the desert is life-threatening.

Professor Ye is a smart man. Seeing my surprised expression, he knew what I was thinking. He stubbed out the cigarette butt and smiled slightly: "Are you surprised? Why would a dignified professor of archeology like me Do you know such a group of tomb robbers?"

I nodded: "It's really surprising! I'm also very puzzled!"

Professor Ye stood up and said with his hands behind his back: "It's actually very simple. The relationship between us is like the police and the hooligans. In front of the national law, we are opposites. But in terms of private interests, we are a cooperative relationship." For example, a policeman will definitely know a group of hooligans, and sometimes he needs to get information from the hooligans, so when the hooligans are not committing crimes, they may still sit together drinking and chatting. In the same way, as a professor of archeology, of course I also I will know a lot of tomb robbers. When there were no tomb robbers, these people were friends with me, and they helped me out of friendship. What's more, with their current wealth, many of them have already washed their hands in the golden basin. Don't do this kind of head-cutting business again!"

After Professor Ye's detailed explanation, the doubts in my heart were also put down.While it does end up being a little weird to be with a bunch of grave robbers, think about it another way, someone else is risking their life to help us.Without the escort of these powerful characters, how can we find the desert ghost town?It's just that I don't understand why Professor Ye has such a deadly friendship with them. I have already said this, and there is no need for me to continue asking.

(End of this chapter)