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Chapter 48 File 12: Parallel Murder Room ([-])
I found several fake passports in the cabinet, which made me "become" people of different nationalities.It seems that Professor Gu had premeditated wanting me to "die", otherwise the passport would not have been tailor-made for me.

I have never seen a real passport, so I don't know how high the "reality" of this fake passport is.So when the ticket sales lady at the airport was looking at my passport carefully, I was very nervous for a while, for fear that she would suddenly call the police.Fortunately, everything went well, and I bought a night flight ticket from this city to Amman, the capital of Jordan.

After I packed my luggage, it was still early before the boarding time. I was bored, and I suddenly wanted to go to the railway line again.Although I know that Xue Rou will not appear again at night, there is always an uncontrollable expectation in my heart.

I sat on the railway line and gently stroked the place where she had walked. This is a way to say goodbye to her.Is life also "destined" like a railway track? Some people are like these two parallel railroad tracks. Although they are very close, they are destined never to intersect.

"Xi Xi Xi Xi" a train team slowly drove to me under the snow, and a girl who made me dream of jumped out of the car.

"It's so late, why are you still here?" Xue Rou asked me in surprise.

My heart was "thumping" wildly, and I met her again. Could this be called destiny?

"Oh, I'm going on a long trip! So I want to come here for a walk." I replied in a panic.

"Are you going far away?" Xue Rou said in surprise.

"Well, it's very far away." I nodded and said, Amman is almost half a world away from our city.

"Ah, that's great!" Xue Rou suddenly stretched her waist and sighed, "I also want to go to far away places, preferably the big snowfields of Siberia. In the vast snow country thousands of kilometers away, I can't see a single person , there is only one train passing leisurely, how comfortable and free!"

"You can go anytime!" I said with a smile, with Xue's financial resources, space tourism is no problem.

"I'm very busy!" Xue Rou sighed, with an unconcealable tiredness on her face, "After meeting all day, I went to visit my father in the hospital, and I can only come out to catch my breath now. "

"Actually, you don't have to keep yourself so busy!" I said puzzledly, money is endless, as long as you earn less, wouldn't it be enough?

"I didn't know why Dad was so busy before," Xue Rou said helplessly, "You will know when you really sit in that seat. This is like a battlefield. Your opponent won't stop just because you are resting." Attacking you. Either win or lose, there is no third outcome to choose."

"So you want to win?" I suddenly realized that Xue Rou had really grown up.Or maybe I didn't really know her before, but now that I'm "stranger", I understand her better.Xue Jianqiao is right, Xue Rou is not the kind of girl who is willing to be a good wife and mother at home.

"Of course!" Xue Rou's eyes lit up, and the tiredness on her face seemed to disappear immediately, "I won't give up the territory that my father has built so hard to others. What about you? You haven't told me yet , why are you in a bad mood?" Xue Rou asked me suddenly.

"I'm in love with a girl!" I whispered.

"Oh?" Xue Rou immediately became interested, "Then does she like you?"

"I don't know, because I haven't confessed to her yet!"

"Why?" Xue Rou asked in amazement.

"Because I didn't have the courage to confess when I had the chance to confess. When I wanted to confess, I didn't have the chance again." I said bitterly.

"Why?" Xue Rou asked puzzled, "Does that girl have a boyfriend?"

"still has not now."

"That's fine!" Xue Rou said anxiously on my behalf, "You men are cowards! I think you should bravely confess your love to her after you come back this time. If you don't say it, how do you know she won't?" Like you?"

"If I come back, I will!" I nodded firmly. If I can escape the catastrophe this time, I will definitely say it.But can we do what the previous three generations of trade unions could not do?I don't know, I don't even know if I'll get back safely from a trip.

"That's good!" Xue Rou smiled happily, "I'm going home, I hope to hear good news from you next time."

Looking at Xue Rou's back, I suddenly made up my mind, this time I want to win too!
It is about a ten-hour flight from this city to Amman. I fell asleep on the plane, and when I woke up, I saw the rolling yellow sand of Jordan in the morning light.

Jordan is located in the most sensitive region on the planet - the Middle East, and she happens to be sandwiched between Iraq and Palestine, two warring countries.No matter who is guarding these two "powder kegs", it is inevitable to be bombed. In 2002, an American diplomat was shot and killed by the extremist organization Zarqawi on the street in Amman; in November 2005, a series of explosions occurred in Amman, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

With these preliminary understandings, in my mind Amman should be a place similar to Beirut. The streets are full of militants carrying AKs and RPGs patrolling. Fierce gun battles may occur at any time. Only terrorists can drive buses. Have the guts to sit because it could explode at any moment...

But when I actually walked into the Amman International Airport, I found that it was completely different from what I had imagined. The airport building was clean, tidy and full of modern atmosphere without any trace of war.

When I came to a foreign country for the first time, I always felt a little bit at a loss. Fortunately, there are many taxis when I leave the airport.The driver asked me which hotel I wanted to stay in in good English.Although I was a little tired from flying, I didn't have time to rest, so I just told him that I wanted to find a travel agency run by Chinese.

Although you can take a taxi directly to the ancient city of Petra, the driver with the high nose, deep eyes and beard that looks like Bin Laden made me unbelievable. It is safe to take a tourist bus with Daliu and other tourists.

Although I was wary all the way, when I really walked into the streets of the old city of Amman, those exotic classical buildings made me forget my nervousness.

I saw one color of white stone houses row upon row down from the hillside.Ancient Roman-style buildings can be seen everywhere, and even the thick stones paved on the road that have been rounded by wind and sand have a strong historical flavor.When you are in it, you feel that you have not only spanned thousands of kilometers, but also spanned thousands of years, and you have returned to ancient times overnight.

The driver enthusiastically told me that there are seven mountains in Amman, and what I saw was only a corner of them. The scenery in other places is more beautiful than here, and he desperately encouraged me to take a one-day tour of the city.It's a pity that I'm not here for tourism, so as soon as I found a travel agency, I immediately boarded the bus to the ancient city of Petra.

The ancient city of Petra is located in the desert more than 200 kilometers south of Amman. It was built 600 years ago and once flourished as the commercial center of the ancient Roman Empire.But around the third century AD, the city, which was completely carved out of the stone walls, seemed to disappear overnight, and no one remembered its existence anymore.It was not rediscovered until 1812 by Swiss explorer JL Burckhardt.

The 1000 years that Petra disappeared in history are as full of mystery as the "mirror frame" it collects.

Although I have heard Xue Rou's description before, and even though I am not in the mood to travel, when I crossed the long canyon and stood in front of the huge rock crack that entered the ancient city, my heart was still deeply moved. I was deeply shocked.

This crack is not so much a gateway to the ancient city as it is a natural big lock!The high cliffs on both sides are like huge natural city walls. As long as the people of Petra blocked this crack, which was only a few meters wide, they would be invincible.Did the builders of the ancient city of Petra choose to build the city in this "jedi" for the convenience of guarding the secrets?
As soon as you pass through the crack, you will see the Kazni Temple known as the "treasure house". It is said that the treasures of the Kingdom of Petra are stored in the temple.But in Xue Rou's story, the mirror frame is not stored in this temple, but in a hidden cave in a temple.

In fact, this is quite normal, because this temple carries too many legends, and so many curious people come to "expedition" every year. If I were a Petra, I would not hide the treasure there.

I remember that Xue Rou said in the story that before arriving at the cave, she passed through a market full of people and horses.I walked all the way along the shrine, and soon found the market, but it seemed much deserted than she described, and many stalls on the street were empty.The faces of the hawkers who are in business are covered with clouds, and they seem a little listless in response to customers' inquiries.

Moreover, there are patrolling military vehicles passing by from time to time on the street. I remember Xue Rou said that there were police in the ancient city, but she didn't mention that there were soldiers.Even the soldiers were dispatched, did something special happen here?

I went around in the ancient city, but I still couldn't find the "temple with a cave" that Xue Rou said.It seems that I have to ask the locals. Doing so is tantamount to revealing my secret. I don’t know if there are forbidden people in this ancient city, but I have no other choice but to gamble now.

But I don't know why, those street vendors seem to be very resistant to Orientals.I asked a few times, but before I opened my mouth, the other party said unceremoniously: "NO, NO, NO!"

"Sir, do you need a Taxi?" A crisp child's voice sounded from behind.

I turned around and saw a teenage Arab kid with curly hair and big, beautiful brown eyes.He is holding a donkey in his hand, obviously this is his "Taxi".

Asking this kid would obviously be "safer" than other adult locals, so I took out a ten-dollar bill and waved it in front of his eyes, then showed him the framed photo printed out from the computer, "Can you take me to the place where this thing is stored?"

[-]. The source of the mirror

"Sure!" The child accepted my money almost as fast as "snatching", and let me sit on his "donkey".

Can he really take me there?It felt like too much of a "no-brainer," but from the way he looked at the photo, he must have seen the frame.

The child took me gradually away from the market and came to a remote alley.Seeing that there seemed to be no way to go ahead, I immediately deliberately became wary in my heart.

At this moment, the child whistled "whoosh", and the honest donkey suddenly jumped up and down.All my attention was focused on guarding against the possible "ambush", but I didn't expect this beast to do it, and I threw it down and sat on the ground.

"Sir, are you alright?" The child ran over nervously to help me, but his hands went into his arms.

I clamped his wrist with one hand, and then slowly pulled the hand out of his arms. The child held a sharp knife in his hand!I played these tricks badly when I was a child, how could he plot against me.

"Why did you do this?" I asked with a bit of heartache, how old is he, and he is so ruthless?And he also has such beautiful big eyes, children with such eyes should be angels, how could they be demons?

"You kill me, just like you kill other people!" The child was still kicking relentlessly in my grasp.

"When did I kill other people?" I couldn't help asking angrily, do I really look like a killer?When he was in his own country, he was mistaken for the murderer who killed Song Zhichang.I didn't expect to be regarded as a murderer after running thousands of kilometers away.

"Listen!" I said loudly, "I'm here for the first time, and I'll show you my passport!" I let go of his grip and showed him my passport from my backpack.

The child glanced suspiciously, and then said contemptuously: "You are in the same group, because you all came here for the magic mirror."

"The magic mirror you mentioned is in my hands now, I don't need to take it away, right?" I patiently explained to him, "Do you know the girl from our country who came here last year? I am her friend!"

"Impossible, I don't believe it." The child still shook his head and said.

"If I'm a bad guy, why don't I kill you?" I asked back.

The child looked at me suspiciously, and asked after a long time, "Then what do you want to do?"

"I want to meet the elders of your clan, because this thing, which is what you call the magic mirror, has caused great disasters in our country. I want to ask them why this happened." I tried to use the most sincere Said to him in a calm tone, this child may be my only clue, and I can't miss it.

The child suddenly gasped for breath, his little face flushed red, as if I said something that irritated him.After a long time, he said: "Come with me!" Then he turned and ran ahead.

Immediately I followed him, through the narrow passage, and came to the cliff of the valley.I saw a stone ladder cut obliquely on the stone wall tens of meters high.The child took me up the stone ladder slowly and came to the top of the canyon.

"They are all there!" said the child, pointing to a hillside diagonally ahead.

"They?" The scene in front of me made me feel as if I had fallen into an ice cave, and I saw that the hillside was full of densely packed graves.Judging from the loose soil on the tomb, it is obvious that they are all new tombs.

"All of them are dead! Only clansmen over the age of 16 are eligible to know the secret of the magic mirror, but they are all dead!" The child pointed to the cemetery and cried.No wonder at least half of the people in the market were missing. It turned out that all those people came here.

"Why?" I asked in disbelief. It was only a little over a year ago when Xue Rou came here. Why did such a huge change happen in just one year?
"One day two months ago, an oriental man like you came to us, claiming to be a messenger of God, and asked the elders to gather all the adults in the clan to declare God's will. But when everyone enters the holy cave After that, no one will be able to come out again." As soon as the murderer was mentioned, the child stopped crying, and his eyes were full of hatred.

"Do all the dead people grab their own chest?" I gritted my teeth and asked, I should have guessed who did it, who else could wipe out a whole family without bloodshed? Lose?

The kid looked at me very strangely and said, "If it's really your first time here, how would you know?"

"Because, he is also my enemy, and he killed some innocent people in the same way in our country. However, I can tell you good news, he is dead, killed by us!"

I took out all the money I had with me, and gave the kid all the money except for the travel expenses back home.

"Thank you for your help!" I patted the child on the shoulder, turned around and left. Now that the adults of the whole clan are dead, my hope of finding out the secret of the magic mirror is also shattered.

"Wait a minute!" The child suddenly stopped me, "Is the murderer really dead?"

"Really!" I nodded. "I could swear it."

"Then don't you want to know the secret of the magic mirror?" the child asked again.

"Didn't you say that only clansmen over the age of 16 know about it?" I asked in amazement.

"But I'm an exception, come with me!"

The child led me to a pile of rocks, and he pushed aside the gravel with all his might, revealing a hole that was only two feet wide.

"After the adults had an accident, the entrance to the holy cave has been closed by the government." The child explained to me, "but this small cave can lead to the holy cave."

(End of this chapter)