Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 15
Under the clear moonlight, Lao Jiu's skinny face had a pair of eyes glaring at me, so I stopped my offensive: "Lao Jiu? Why are you still here? Where's Tao Ran?"

Lao Jiu glanced at Mengluo, pulled me aside and said in a low voice: "That woman is my enemy, and she is very shrewd. I was afraid that if I stayed with her for a long time, I would expose myself, so I slipped away when I got a chance."

This is like the style of the old nine. Thinking of Tao Ran staying alone in the desert, I feel a little apprehensive. I pray that she will not encounter those gangsters. The old nine stared at me, and then fell on Meng Luo behind us On the body: "This kid is strange, is he trustworthy?"

Lao Jiu's cautiousness made me feel a trace of unusual atmosphere. He suddenly disappeared a year ago. How he came here, fell into the hands of those people, and why he came here is a mystery. I also care about this question, Munro, is it trustworthy?Is the old nine in front of me trustworthy?
"If you don't believe me, be more cautious." I said bluntly.

Old Nine pulled me to a further place, Meng Luo stayed alone with the corpse, he walked to the side, farther away: "This place is very evil, ghost forest, no one can come in, just That group of people never come here, they just shy away from it."

"Then you still come." I found that Lao Jiu's eyes lit up, this guy will come here, and here is what he must get: "What are you here for?"

"Of course it's the treasure of Heishui City." Lao Jiu said: "Also, the wind of the paper swept over here, but it didn't move at all. Instead, the wind of the paper changed its shape. Is this place evil? Lin Tianyi, I know you are serious It’s for business, but here the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so no one can control it, so if we join hands, if we really find it, the three of us will share it equally, how about it?”

It is reasonable for Lao Jiu to be excited. According to the legend, the treasure of Heishui City is not in the ruins, but is hidden under the yellow sand. Looking at the entire desert, this is the most likely place, and no one will go in—the forest of death, If you hide inside, it's absolutely safe!
My heart is about to move, the treasure of Heishui City is the first, and the second, what is the connection between this forest and the jade pattern map?Curiosity was already scratching in his heart like a cat's paw, Lao Jiu said: "It's true that the Russians swept up the ruins, and it's also true that these people took the Buddha statues underground from the Russians' hiding places, but the really important things are not It will be left in the ruins to be slaughtered, it is just a blindfold, believe me, Lin Tianyi, the ghost forest is worth visiting."

I looked back at Munro, he was squatting there, looking listless, I patted Lao Jiu on the shoulder, and walked to the corpse, the things in the backpack were scattered all over the place, including pens and notebooks, mobile phone chargers, Flashlight, compressed biscuits, kettle, etc., I picked up the notebook, which recorded the map along the way, highlighted, and there were photos taken by Polaroid on it. Everywhere I went, I pasted the photos and then marked them. .

On the first page of the notebook, there is a photo of all the staff setting off. The location is at the entrance of the inn in Heishui Town. There are Chinese people and foreigners. They all sit and stand around the car. Meng Luo came over and said: "It's the expedition team that the innkeeper said. There are ten people in the photo."

Ten people, my mind rang, and I found four skeletons on the way here, and then I saw ghosts floating in the air, three men and one woman, and one of them was a foreigner. Whether the corpses match is unknown, and if this one is counted, either nine or five people died, and either one or five people remained.

In the dark night, the ghost forest in the desert is more like a ghost with claws and claws. Meng Luo said: "We have to go in, isn't it just a forest?"

Meng Luo scratched his neck with his hand, this action made me laugh, Meng Luo was reminding me that this place is related to the jade pattern, he didn't need to talk about it, naturally he was also wary of the old nine, watching each other wary Two people, my position has become more subtle, the purpose of these two people is only one, to enter the ghost forest!

"Let's talk at dawn." I said, "It's a dark place, and the situation inside can't be seen clearly. How about going in after dawn?"

Regarding this point, the two of them had no objection, we found a place to sit down, leaned against each other to keep warm, and waited for the dawn. I asked Lao Jiu, "How did you get caught by that group of people?"

"Don't mention it, I was arrested before I reached the ghost forest. I chose one of the two, and of course I chose to stay." Lao Jiu said: "The group of people will not kill people easily, so I just stayed there for a year , Damn, it suffocated me, I finally gained their trust, we can go in and out together, and I was going to find a chance to slip away, I didn't expect, haha, Lin Tianyi, we are really destined, I saw you, thanks to your blessing , actually escaped."

"You have been with them for a year, do you know who they are?" I asked, "Actually, I have already confirmed one point."

Lao Jiu was slightly surprised: "Who do you say they are?"

"They are not Han people, they are from the Dangxiang tribe." I said confidently: "There, I saw the Tangut script, which is written by the Dangxiang people. Also, although their Chinese sounds fluent, it lacks a sense of modernity. , I intentionally mentioned some Internet terms to Hua Ji, but she didn’t know what it meant, and the Chinese expression was more like the way of the Republic of China.”

"They took away the Buddha statues hidden by the Russians, but not for money, but to protect their ancestors." I saw that Lao Jiu didn't have much surprised expression, so I knew I guessed it right: "They are the empresses of Xixia people."

Lao Jiu nodded: "That's right, I also asked about this, but a loose mouth revealed something, he didn't know how long ago they were guarding in the desert, he only knew that they couldn't leave this desert, and they couldn't let people Close to this area, if someone wants to trespass into the ghost forest, it’s okay, anyway, the only ones who can come out are the dead, and it sounds like they have a special mission on them.”

"There is nothing wrong with protecting things that belong to Xixia." I said, "But those bottles, and 49 earth towers..."

"It's more like a formation." Meng Luo finally had a chance to intervene: "Those things are full of evil spirits. I suspect that they are evil forces. That place is the eye of the earth, which can accumulate evil spirits. The 49 earthen towers are actually dead souls. The resentment gathers in Together, generate strength to protect this place."

A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind: "Wait, whether these people or the 49 underground tombs, the real purpose is to protect the ghost forest?"

Meng Luo's eyes lit up, and he took out a small yellow flag with celestial symbols drawn on it. One end of the flag was very sharp, and the sharp end fell straight down, completely vertically. It was broken into two pieces with a sound, and the old nine was well-informed, and he also let out an "ah" in surprise.

But Meng Luo didn't finish yet. He took out another handful of white rice. These rice grains were plump and slender. He muttered something and then sprinkled them on the ground. After the rice fell, it actually moved by itself and finally formed a line!
I saw it: "The direction that the ghost forest points to is exactly where we are staying, and the two places are on the same line!"

Monroe's expression was solemn: "Yes, the two places are indeed connected. Everything in that place is for the ghost forest. They don't worry about someone breaking into the ghost forest at all, but... now is the best time."

I understand that those ominous spirits exist to protect the ghost forest. Just now, the ghost door was wide open and the situation was unstable. Those ominous spirits ran out. Now is the time when the strength is weakest. At the lowest point, it is time for us to break in.

Lao Jiu has been confused by us: "What do you mean?"

"You can go in." I looked up at the sky, the sky was twilight, it was about to be bright, the corpse lying on the ground was a warning, the three of us looked at each other, and still walked into the forest, not so much a forest, Rather, it is the tree trunks scattered in the desert. After dawn, you can see their true faces. There are no leaves, but only the trunks. On the surface of the sand, a ferocious and terrifying atmosphere permeated, making one's hair stand on end.The age of the trees in this ghost forest was more than a thousand years before they died. Not long after we walked in, we sank with one foot, and the sand did not reach the joints. Lao Jiu's face changed: "The sand here is extraordinarily soft ,be careful."

This is just the first challenge given to us by the ghost forest. There are many lizards in the sand. Their color is exactly the same as that of the sand. Whenever I feel their touch, my body immediately tenses up, and the hairs all over my body stand on end. In order not to touch those lizards, we must pull out our feet as quickly as possible and step over those scorpions.

The more I walked in, the closer the distance between the trees became, and they gradually became denser. I didn't think there was anything at first, but later, I found that the cold hair on my body was always standing upside down, which can be explained by my physical performance. There are a lot of questions. The evil under the desert was for the ghost forest. Such a conjecture is slowly being confirmed.

"Look." Lao Jiu suddenly became excited, pointed to the things on the ground and said, "This backpack is of the same style as the backpack of the corpse just now."

The backpack is here, but the person is gone. I became alert and reached out to stop Mengluo who was going forward, but I was a step too late. Mengluo walked towards the backpack with a stride. The sand under his feet suddenly flowed, and his body rushed forward. Sinking, I rushed forward and grabbed Meng Luo's arm, but the force was amazing, like being in a whirlpool of sand, the suction was going to swallow everything, Lao Jiu rushed over and grabbed my arm Ankle: "Hold on, Lin Tianyi!"

I wanted to stand up, but Meng Luo couldn't stand it anymore, his body fell little by little, leading my body all the way forward, Meng Luo's voice came: "Let go!"

Nima, am I this kind of person?Thinking of Grandpa Gan, I yelled, "Go all out!"

(End of this chapter)