The Most Thrilling Tomb Tour: Tomb Raider

Chapter 11
"You're right to remove the word 'dare' and the word 'no'!" Fatty was on a whim and couldn't stand boasting. He just talked about it after being praised by others, and I stepped on it under the table. With one kick, he bared his teeth.

"Hehe, didn't this master sprain his ankle?" After all, Lao Zhongtou is a person on the scene. He has already noticed my little trick, but he deliberately jokes without exposing it. I secretly admire his experience and handling of affairs. old way.

"We Ming people don't talk dark words, let's tell you two straight! There is a family who can afford the money, and has been looking for a place." When Old Zhongtou said this, he deliberately kept a secret, paused and looked at the place. with us.

"Where is it?!" Hearing the words "payable", the fat man and I asked in unison.

"You know the ancient country of Loulan, right?!" As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!The world was in an uproar after the mummified body of the Loulan beauty was unearthed. How could we not know? !
Seeing that we were so interested, Lao Zhong continued mysteriously: "It is said that the first person to discover the ruins of this ancient city was a Swedish explorer in the early [-]th century."

"Heven Sting!" I blurted out.

"High! It's really high! It seems that I really haven't made friends, how do you know?" Old Zhong looked at me suspiciously.

"When my father was young, he went to the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang to explore oil because of his job transfer, and met a group of geologists and archaeologists. I have heard him tell me stories about the deserts of the Western Regions since I was a child. How could I not know this? Swedish explorer?!" I told him some of the stories my father told me when I was a child, and he finally understood and gave me a thumbs up.

"What explorer?! Those are all high-sounding words, these guys are a bunch of fucking foreign bandits!" I said something amazing, which startled Fatty and Xiangru, but Old Zhong nodded with a smile, expressing his agreement My point of view.

I say that for a reason, this one is called Hewen.Sting, at the end of the twentieth century, when this 5000-year-old ancient civilization was experiencing the decline of the last decadent dynasty—the Manchu Dynasty, and when various invading powers took the opportunity to carve up China, they formed an expedition. Traveled thousands of miles to China.They set up camp in a place called Lop Nur in Xinjiang, discovered the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and looted a large number of precious cultural relics from it, including the well-known "Han Wuzhu" (coins minted during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) in the antique industry. .Later, when he went back, he began to publicize it. Group after group of "expedition teams" and "scientific expedition teams" came from other European countries. Under the banner of "discovering and protecting Chinese civilization sites", they almost moved the ancient city of Loulan. Clean up, isn't this a robber?
"Well said!" Fatty and Old Zhongtou applauded me after hearing my words.

"My family is my friend. He is an archaeological expert. You are right. The ancient city of Loulan flourished in the Western Regions for nearly 4000 years, but then it disappeared. Not even a tribe with ethnic relations with them Don’t you think it’s strange that none of them are left behind?”

"Didn't they all die?"

"Actually, this is not the case. My archaeologist friend has studied the Loulan culture all his life. He deduced from some unearthed documents and things that Loulan has not disappeared. It is very likely that the whole country has moved to another place." Old Zhong Tou deliberately lowered his voice Said, made us even more confused.

"What exactly does he want? Just tell me! Fatty, I dare to go to the nine heavens to catch the moon, and I dare to go to the five seas to catch turtles. There is nothing we can't get, as long as we can afford it! Hehe!" The fat man patted his chest and said, He forgot, we were almost eaten by the old turtle last night.

"It's very simple! He asked me to help him find a few people. I got to know you and thought you could do it, so I came to you!"

"Then he can go there by himself!" I felt a little baffled, since he is an archaeologist, he should go by himself, why did he ask us?
"Listen to me! He is almost seventy years old, so how much energy does he have? He has accepted a few students, all of whom are well-mannered. If it comes to courage, no! To talk about knowledge? That is only theory, no practice. He I just want to find a few people who are courageous and have some knowledge of archaeology to confirm his inference with them! In fact, I just want to find a helper. This may be the last archaeology in his life. In fact, I also have my purpose. Don't be afraid of scolding me. I have an 80-year-old mother and two children. My family is kind-hearted and adopted an orphan. I think if you can bring some decent things back from there, I will I can help you out, and I can get some money to support my family." Old Zhong Tou told us honestly.

"That's it! Take us to see that professor!" Fatty became excited when he heard the word "orphan", and he can't be blamed for it. Who wants to become an orphan when his parents die young?I also thought of my mother who died young, and my gray-haired father. He had already retired at home due to illness, but I was so unlucky that I lost all his money that he had accumulated for many years.If I can make a few bucks, I can make his life better.

Seeing that we agreed, Lao Zhongtou was very happy, so he made an appointment with us and took us to his professor friend's house tomorrow.

It was getting late, we were full of wine and food, happily bid farewell to the old clock, and walked on the road.The fat man dragged me to find a corner, and asked Xiangru to take out the money, without even counting it, and just grabbed half of it for me, but I didn't pick it up.It stands to reason that I can only get one-third of the money, and the rest belongs to the brothers and sisters.But the fat man insisted on pushing it to me, and Xiang Ru persuaded me to accept it.

"If you give it to you, take it. I think you are interesting, smart, and know a lot. That's why I made you such a friend. I will make money with you in the future! Hehe!" The fat man laughed.

"It's not easy for you brothers and sisters, so I can only take my third, and I don't want the rest."

"Okay! I'm committed to you brother! What's next..." I saw the fat man start to speak boldly again, so I quickly interrupted him.

"By the way, have you thought about what to do with the money?" I asked him.

"Think about it, how about you?"

"I'll go back and pay off some debts first. If I can earn some more, then I'll make up for the old things my father lent me, and I can live better with the rest."

"I don't think the same as you. I discussed it with Xiangru. We both lost our parents since we were young and grew up in an orphanage. In the future, we will earn more money, save it, and open several orphanages. Hehe!" Fatty's thoughts are very simple, and it also made me admire him, I thought he was just like me, doing this job just to make my life better, but only to find that he is much taller than I thought, Can't help feeling ashamed.

"Count me in!" I yelled, and everyone laughed happily together.

When I got home at night, my father asked me if I heard the "sea cow" cry last night. I just smiled and said that what you said was just for children to play. I am not a child anymore. You Still kidding me?Seeing that I didn't believe it, my father didn't say anything.

I thought about the thrilling experience last night, and I am still a little scared, especially the big black mouth of the giant tortoise, I believe I will never forget it in my life.

The Qing Gui found from the fisherman's corpse should have been taken from the cave by him, but why didn't he take more treasures?I think there is only one thing that can be explained, that is, he found Qing Gui from the corpses of those German devils, and the German devils just took a Qing Gui after entering the cave, and they were chased out by giant turtles, and they all died in the cave. hole.The fisherman just got Qinggui, and was also spotted by the giant tortoise, so he ran out desperately, but he was unlucky, and accidentally got his leg stuck in a crevice of the rock while running, the giant tortoise did not catch up, but the sea rose The tide drowned him alive like this.

That fairy-like person has been living in that cave, no matter who he is, but what is certain is that he has lived there more than two years ago. As for the giant tortoise, I think he raised it for fun , who would have thought that it would become such a behemoth after thousands of years?After his death, the giant tortoise has been guarding him. It is estimated that the pool leads to the bottom of the sea, otherwise the giant tortoise will not end up stuck in the middle of the cave. This only shows that it generally does not crawl back to the sea from the cave, and can only return from the pool. .

I found the "Ancient Gods and Monsters" left by my grandfather and flipped through it. Only then did I realize that the giant tortoise with horns on its head is no longer a tortoise. To be precise, it should be called "Chi".There is an old saying in China that "a dragon has nine sons, and the nine sons are different". It is said that the "dragon" has nine sons, namely prisoner, Yazi, Xiaofeng, Pulao, Suanni, Bixi, Biyan, and negative. Xi and Chi.Chi, like the other eight brothers, none of them can fully acquire the dragon's ability, but each inherited some dragon inheritance.Due to their different skills, they were used in different places by the ancients. Chi was used on the four corners of the palace because of its thick throat, as a spine-swallowing beast.And because it is good at water, it is often used to carve animal head decorations for spitting water beside the pool.

It is said in the book: "The turtle, who draws the energy of the world, has the power to overwhelm the sea, and the one who attains the Tao will transform into a dragon in 3000 years, and then transform into a dragon in 3000 years..." After reading this, I realized that this book is not so useless .Although there are some suspicions of accidental collision, at least I found this water-avoiding bead by relying on it. The legendary things in the ancient times recorded in the book may not be all there, but I believe it will help me in my future career. Quite busy, so look carefully.

The next day I got up early, thinking that the fat man was still sleeping in. Unexpectedly, the fat man and the old clock had already waited for me at the agreed place, so I went to his professor friend's house.

"When you meet the professor, don't talk nonsense. The old man has a weird temper. I'm not afraid of Xiao Sun and Xiangru, but you!" Old Zhong Tou instructed on the way.

"Don't worry, you! Our fat man has nothing else, but he doesn't talk much!" The fat man patted his chest and said, making us ashamed when he said this.

Everyone who engages in learning seems to have such a weird temper. When I was a child, I met several geologists. They were all friends of my father.

"Yo! Old man, look, I brought some students here for you!" Seeing the professor open the door, Lao Zhong said with a smile on his face.

"Come in! Don't mess with the things in the house!" The old professor combed his gray hair back, his face was thin, and there were already some age spots on it. His sharp eyes looked at us for a long time behind the glasses before calling us go in.

The room is very large and filled with all kinds of antiques. Judging from the appearance of these bottles and jars, they should all come from different ages.There was almost no place to stay, so we walked in carefully.

"What's your surname, old man?!" I asked with a smile to please him.

"What old man, old man is what Boss Zhong called me. Did you call me that?! My surname is Wu! Call me Professor Wu!" , Said angrily, I am so embarrassed.

"Hehe, old man, look, these three are my friends, they definitely meet your requirements, what do you think?" Old Zhong Tou hurriedly smoothed things over for us.

"Since it was introduced by Boss Zhong, I don't think it's wrong." Professor Wu looked at us behind the glasses with his hale eyes, and continued, "How much do you know about Loulan?"

(End of this chapter)